Information About

Big Point

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 29' 44.999" N,
145 ° 54' 2.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Cordova

Elevation

26 ft (7.92 m)

Big Point in Detail.

About

on SE shore of Orca Inlet, 6 mi. SW of Cordova, Chugach Mts.;

History

Local descriptive name; published in 1943 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).

Places Near Big Point
Bars:

Fleming Spit, Gatherer Rock, Government Rock, North Rock, Shag Rock, South Rock, Twin Rocks,

Bays:

Alice Cove, Canoe Passage, Cedar Bay, Deep Bay, Eccles Lagoon, Hartney Bay, Hidden Cove, Mud Bay, Odiak Slough, Sheep Bay, Shipyard Bay, Simpson Bay, Three Mile Bay, Whiskey Cove, Windy Bay,

Capes:

Point Whitshed, Point Bentinck, Big Point, Bluff Point, Bomb Point, Fox Point, Gravel Point, Knot Point, Saddle Point, Salmo Point, Sheep Point,

Channels:

Egg Island Channel, The Narrows, Odiak Channel, Orca Channel, Orca Inlet, Strawberry Channel, Western Channel,

Cities:

Cordova,

Dams:

Apw Dam Number 1, APW Dam Number 2, Meals Lake Dam,

Hills:

Strawberry Hill,

Islands:

Mummy Island, Boswell Rock, Channel Islands, Egg Islands, Grass Island, Hanks Island, Hawkins Island, Little Mummy Island, Mavis Island, North Island, Observation Island, Piledriver Rock, Pinnacle Rock, Spike Island,

Lakes:

Crater Lake, Hole-in-the-wall, Meals Lake, Milton Lake, Odiak Lagoon, Sahlin Lagoon, Sahlin Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Eccles, Mount Eyak, Heney Peak, Mount Robert Korn, Mount Shiels, Tripod Hill,

Mountain Passes:

Center Slough,

Mountain Ranges:

Heney Range,

Rivers:

Eyak River, Sheep River,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Canoe Creek, Canyon Creek, Cedar Creek, Deep Creek, Eccles Creek, Fleming Creek, Hartney Creek, Hemlock Creek, Heney Creek, Hidden Creek, Koppen Creek, Mountain Slough, Nicolet Creek, Orca Creek, Paul Creek, Raging Creek, Rogue Creek, Sahlin Creek, Simpson Creek, Spruce Creek, Windy Creek,

Cities:

Crystal Falls, Orca, Whitshed,

Waterfalls:

Sahlin Falls,