Information About

Harbor Point

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 36' 36" N,
137 ° 38' 58.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Elevation

13 ft (3.96 m)

Harbor Point in Detail.

About

at mouth of Lituya Bay, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 0.3 mi. SE of the La Chaussee Spit, 87 mi. NW of Hoonah, Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History

Named by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1874 and published in the 1883 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 202). It was called "M(ys) Yuzhnoy" meaning "Cape South" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).

Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather C-5 (1961), Mount Fairweather C-5 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather C-5 SW (2017),

Places Near Harbor Point

Bars:

Cormorant Rock, La Chaussee Spit, Passage Rock,

Bays:

Anchorage Cove, Crillon Inlet, Gilbert Inlet, Lituya Bay,

Capes:

Cenotaph Point, Harbor Point, Three Saints Point,

Glaciers:

Desolation Glacier, Lituya Glacier,

Hills:

The Paps,

Islands:

Cenotaph Island,

Lakes:

Fish Lake,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain, Bay Peak, Mount Escures, Grassy Mountain, Lituya Mountain, South Billy Goat Mountain,

Ridges:

Grassy Ridge, Solomon Railroad,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Butcher Creek, Campbell Creek, Coal Creek, Eagle Creek, Echo Creek, Fall Creek, Fish Creek, Fourmile Creek, Justice Creek, Mineral Creek, Mudslide Creek, Portage Creek, Steelhead Creek, Topsy Creek, Whale Creek,

Valleys:

Desolation Valley,