Information About

Point Brown

Point Brown

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Sitka
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 10 ft (3.05 m)
About

in Hayward Strait, on E coast of Kruzof I., 11 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History of Point Brown

Named in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander E. K. Moore, U.S. Navy (USN). This feature was probably named for Lieutenant Guy Warner Brown, U.S. Navy (USN), who in that year was serving aboard the steamer Patterson with Commander Moore.

Places Near Point Brown
Cities:

Fort Saint Michael,

Archipelagos:

Apple Islands, Gavanski Islands, Magoun Islands, Saint Lazaria Islands,

Areas:

Iris Meadows, Old Sitka Rocks,

Bars:

Bare Rock, Black Rock, Channel Rock, Columbine Rock, Kakul Rock, Keene Rock, Liar Rocks, Makhnati Rock, Nicholson Rocks, Sentinel Rock, Usher Rock, Vasilief Bank, Wyvill Reef,

Bays:

Port Krestof, Port Mary, Cedar Cove, Crab Bay, Cuvacan Cove, DeGroff Bay, Eastern Bay, Gilmer Cove, Kalinin Bay, Krestof Sound, Krestof Sound, Mielkoi Cove, Mud Bay, Nakwasina Sound, Pirate Cove, Promisla Bay, Saint John Baptist Bay, Salisbury Sound, Samsing Cove, Sealing Cove, Sinitsin Cove, Sitka Sound, Starrigavan Bay, Sukoi Inlet, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Thomsen Harbor, Three Entrance Bay, Whitestone Cove, Whiting Harbor,

Capes:

Point Brown, Point Kakul, Allan Point, Cape Burunof, Creek Point, Dog Point, Eastern Point, Escape Cape, Halibut Point, Halleck Point, Harbor Point, Hayward Point, Inner Point, Kamenoi Point, Kresta Point, Krugloi Point, Lisianski Peninsula, Lisianski Point, Mountain Point, Neva Point, Olga Point, Partof Point, Povorotni Point, Rob Point, Scraggy Point, Shoals Point, Sukoi Point, Watson Point, Whitestone Point, Zeal Point,

Channels:

East Channel Hayward Strait, Hayward Strait, Middle Channel, Nakwasina Passage, Neva Strait, Olga Strait, West Channel Hayward Strait, Western Channel, Whitestone Narrows,

Islands:

Bare Island, Bart Island, Battery Island, Beehive Island, Belknap Islands, Bieli Rocks, Big Gavanski Island, Border Rocks, Brady Island, Calming Island, Caution Island, Chaichei Islands, Charcoal Island, Crosswise Islands, Crow Island, Double Island, The Eckholms, Entrance Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Gagarin Island, Glagolm Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Goloi Island, Goloi Islands, Griffith Island, Guide Island, Halleck Island, Highwater Island, Japonski Island, Kamennoi Island, Kane Islands, Kasiana Islands, Kayak Islands, Kirushkin Island, Kita Island, Krestof Island, Krugloi Islands, Kruzof Island, Kulichkof Rock, Lava Island, Liesnoi Island, Limit Island, Line Island, Little Gavanski Island, Long Island, Low Island, Makhnati Island, Mertz Island, Middle Island, Mills Island, Mogilnoi Island, Nadezhda Islands, Nepovorotni Rocks, Neva Island, Nevski Island, Obsechki Island, Parker Group, Partofshikof Island, Passage Islands, Pritchard Rock, Rashimosti Island, Sasedni Island, Scraggy Islands, Siginaka Islands, Signal Island, Sinitsin Island, Smith Island, Sound Islands, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Surf Rock, Ulinoi Island, Virublennoi Island, Vitskari Island, Vitskari Rocks, Whitestone Rock, Zenobia Rock,

Mountains:

Mount Edgecumbe, Krestof Mountain, Shell Mountain,

Parks:

Magoun Islands State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Western Anchorage,

Ridges:

Crater Ridge,

Streams:

Cascade Creek, Fish Bay Creek, Freds Creek, Granite Creek, Kizhuchia Creek, Peterson Creek, Starrigavan Creek,

Routes:

Harbor Mountain - Gavan Hill Trail, Kruzof Island Trail, Mount Edgecumbe Trail, Sitka Cross Trail, Sitka’s Cross Trail,