Information About

Point Pigot

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Pigot on The Map

Location

60 ° 48' 11.999" N,
148 ° 20' 47" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Point Pigot in Detail.

About

between Pigot Bay and Passage Canal, 12 mi. NE of Hittier, Chugach Mts.

History

Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), in 1794 "probably in honor of Robert Pigot, one of the midshipmen on the (English vessel) Chatham" (Wagner, 1937, p. 402).

Topo Maps

Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward D-4 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward D-4 (1995),
Places Near Point Pigot
Bays:

Port Wells, Barry Arm Port Wells, Bettles Bay, Blackstone Bay, Cochrane Bay, Culross Bay, Entry Cove, Goose Bay, Harrison Lagoon, Hidden Bay, Hobo Bay, Hollow Bight, Hummer Bay, Logging Camp Bay, Long Bay, Passage Canal, Picturesque Cove, Pigot Bay, Pirate Cove, Poe Bay, Shotgun Cove, Squirrel Cove, Surprise Cove, Ziegler Cove,

Capes:

Point Pigot, Point Cochrane, Point Culross, Point Esther, Blackstone Point, Bur Point, Decision Point, Gradual Point, Neptune Point, Slope Point, Squirrel Point, Strong Point, Trinity Point,

Channels:

Culross Passage,

Glaciers:

Bettles Glacier, Dirty Glacier, Harriman Glacier, Pigot Glacier, Rainy Glacier, Roaring Glacier, Seth Glacier, Surprise Glacier, Tebenkof Glacier, Toboggan Glacier, Wedge Glacier,

Islands:

Applegate Island, Culross Island, Esther Rock, Mink Island,

Lakes:

Lake Jack, Lake Shrode,

Mine:

Granite Mine, Lansing Mine, Portage Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Doran, Pigot Benchmark,

Parks:

Bettles Bay State Marine Park, Decision Point State Marine Park, Entry Cove State Marine Park, Surprise Cove State Marine Park, Ziegler Cove State Marine Park,

Streams:

Hobo Creek, Hummer Creek, Lagoon Creek,