Information About

Point Brightman

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Kake

Elevation:

23 ft (7.01 m)

About

at W point of entrance to Herring Bay, on S coast of Admiralty I., 37 mi. E of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History of Point Brightman

Named in 1899 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). This point may be identical to Point Townhsend named by Captain Vancouver in 1794 "for one of the Townshend brothers," who were statesmen of that time" (Wagner,1937,p.250).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Sitka A-2 (1948), Sitka (1951), Sitka A-2 (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka A-2 (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka A-2 (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka A-2 SE (2017),

Places Near Point Brightman

Cities:

Tyee,

Archipelagos:

Galankin Islands,

Areas:

Polivnoi Rocks,

Bays:

Chapin Bay, Eliza Harbor, Halleck Harbor, Herring Bay, Murder Cove, Saginaw Bay, Woewodski Harbor, Wolfe Cabin,

Capes:

Point Napean, Point Brightman, Bartlett Point, Bluff Point, Club Point, Cornwallis Point, Deepwater Point, East Point, File Point, Jaw Point, Log Point, Loon Point, Meade Point, Pin Point, Pio Point, Rocky Point, Rocky Point, Sand Point, Saw Point, Sharp Point, Thumb Point, Walker Point,

Channels:

North Passage, South Passage,

Cliffs:

Fossil Bluffs,

Islands:

Carroll Island, Liesnoi Island, North Island, Round Island, Sachem Island, Yasha Island,

Lakes:

Eliza Lake, Ledge Lake,

Mountains:

Bear Pass Mountain, Mount Saffran, Table Mountain,

Streams:

Dean Creek,