Information About

Wood Spit

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 43' 25" N,
133 ° 34' 41.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Wood Spit in Detail.

About

on S shore of Holkham Bay at entrance to Endicott Arm, 3 mi. E of Point Astley and 50 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Name applied in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN), "because it was wooded;" published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 147).

Topo Maps

Sumdum C-5 (1948), Sumdum C-5 (1951), Sumdum C-5 (1951), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum C-5 NW (2017),

Places Near Wood Spit

Cities:

Sumdum,

Archipelagos:

Round Islets,

Bars:

Thistle Ledge, Wood Spit,

Bays:

Dry Bay, Holkham Bay, Sand Bay, Sanford Cove, Tracy Arm, Williams Cove, Windham Bay,

Capes:

Point Lookout, Point Astley, Point Coke, Point League, Rock Point, Snettisham Peninsula, Point Windham,

Channels:

The Narrows,

Glaciers:

Sumdum Glacier,

Islands:

Bushy Islands, Harbor Island, Round Islet, Sumdum Island,

Lakes:

Icefall Lake, Taylor Lake,

Mountains:

Meigs Peak, Mount Sumdum,

Streams:

Gilbert Creek, Powers Creek, Taylor Creek,

Routes:

Windham Bay Trail,