 On the 25th Good Friday after the earthquake, in 1989, the oil tanker "Exxon Valdez" ran aground in Prince William Sound, causing an oil spill that again devastated Chenega and other places around the area economically.Chenega is located at (60.066327, -148.010991).According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (1.17%) is water.