Information About

Point Augusta

Point Augusta

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 20 ft (6.1 m)
About

on NE coast of Chicagof I., on Chatham Strait, 4 mi. N of False Bay and 26 mi. SW of Juneau, Alex. Arch.

History of Point Augusta

Discovered by Joseph Whidbey July 24 1794, and named by Captain Vancouver (1798,v.3,p.259), Royal Navy (RN), for Augusta Sophia, daughter of George iii of England (Wagner, 1937,p.374).