Information About

Point Augusta

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 2' 22.999" N,
134 ° 57' 5" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Tenakee Springs

Elevation

20 ft (6.1 m)

Point Augusta in Detail.

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

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).

Topo Maps

Juneau A-3 (1948), Juneau A-3 (1950), Juneau A-3 (1950), Juneau A-3 (1950), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau A-3 (1997), Juneau A-3 SW (2017),

Places Near Point Augusta

Archipelagos:

Redcliff Islands,

Bars:

Hanus Reef,

Bays:

Cedar Cove, Coot Cove, Crab Cove, Cube Cove, Curlew Ledge, False Bay, Freshwater Bay, Funter Bay, Game Cove, Hawk Inlet, Iyoukeen Cove, Jims Cove, Pavlof Harbor, Piledriver Cove, Pileriver Cove, Square Cove, Swanson Harbor, Wachusett Cove, Whitestone Harbor,

Capes:

Point Hepburn, Point Augusta, Clear Point, Point Couverden, Cube Point, East Point, Flints Point, Hawk Point, Iyoukeen Peninsula, Mansfield Peninsula, Point Marsden, North Passage Point, Outer Point, West Point,

Cliffs:

No Use Ledge, Sharp Ledge,

Islands:

Ansley Island, Bare Island, Cedar Island, Couverden Island, Couverden Rock, East Redcliff Island, Entrance Island, Gauge Island, Heidi Rock, The Kittens, Ledge Island, Little Cedar Island, Naked Island, Pinnacle Rock, Rat Island, Rocky Island, Star Rock, Station Island, West Redcliff Island,

Lakes:

Pavlof Lake,

Mine:

Admiralty Mine, Alaska Dano Mine, Alaska Empire Mine, Kaiser Gypsum Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Robert Barron, Snowy Mountain,

Parks:

Funter Bay State Marine Park,

Ridges:

Sonyakay Ridge,

Rivers:

Pavlof River, Salmon River,

Streams:

Greens Creek, Gypsum Creek, Iyouktug Creek, Kennel Creek, Seal Creek, Small Creek, Suntaheen Creek, Wheeler Creek, Wukuklook Creek,

Cities:

Freshwater Bay, Funter, Hawk Inlet,