Information About

New Reefs

New Reefs

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Yakutat
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 85 ft (25.91 m)
About

near head of Eleanor Cove, 14 mi. NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History of New Reefs

Named by Tarr and Martin (1912, map 14 and p. 21), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). These reefs were created during the 1899 earthquake; they are not shown, however, on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 8455, published in 1965.