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Powder Point

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 3' 9" N,
147 ° 54' 23" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Powder Point in Detail.

About

On NW side of Latouche Island, 18 mi. SE of Chenega, Prince William Sound, Chugach Mountains.

History

Local name published in 1917 by US@C&GS; so called because blasting powder for mining purposes was once stored here.

Topo Maps

Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward A-3 (1951), Seward A-3 (1951), Seward A-3 (1951), Seward A-3 (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 A-3 (2000),
Places Near Powder Point
Cities:

Girwood, Horseshoe Bay, Phoenix, Port Benney, Port Crawford,

Archipelagos:

Pleiades Islands,

Bars:

Bishop Rock, Iktua Rocks, Point of Rocks,

Basins:

Glory Hole,

Bays:

Copper Bay, Crab Bay, Deer Cove, Fault Cove, Guguak Bay, Hanning Bay, Hogan Bay, Horseshoe Bay, Iktua Bay, Italian Bay, Johnson Cove, Little Bay, Lucky Bay, MacLeod Harbor, Montgomery Bay, Mummy Bay, Northeast Arm, Northeast Arm Mummy Bay, Sawmill Bay, Shelter Bay, Sleepy Bay, Snug Harbor, Thumb Bay, Wilson Bay,

Capes:

Point Woodcock, Point Bazil, Point Countess, Point Grace, Point Helen, Point Bryant, Bainbridge Point, Discovery Point, Evans Point, Panhat Point, Powder Point, Squire Point,

Channels:

Bainbridge Passage, Elrington Passage, Knight Island Passage, Latouche Passage, Long Channel, Montague Strait, Prince of Wales Passage,

Dams:

Aquaculture Dam, Crab Bay Dam Number 3, Sandra Lake Dam,

Islands:

Bettles Island, Chicken Island, Danger Island, Elrington Island, Evans Island, Flemming Island, Gage Island, Izmaylov Island, Latouche Island, Ship Island, Sister Rock, Squire Island,

Lakes:

Lake Hayden, Fish Lake, Jaybird Lake, Lake Putnam, San Juan Lake, Snowy Lake,

Mine:

Beatson Mine, Blackbird Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Beatson, Broon Buttes, Gibbon Peak, Horn Mountain, Jeanie Peak, Latouche Peak, Reynolds Peak,

Parks:

Horseshoe Bay State Marine Park,

Rivers:

Wilson River,

Cities:

Chenega, Chenega Bay, Latouche, Oceanic, Port Ashton, Port San Juan,