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Iceberg Point

Iceberg Point

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 33 ft (10.06 m)
About

on S end of Lemesurier I., in South Passage, S of Jacks Cove, 25 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History of Iceberg Point

So named by Master G. C. Hanus, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1880 "because much drift ice was stranded on the point." The name was published by US@C&GS in the 1883 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 190).