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Sebree Island

Sebree Island

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 282 ft (85.95 m)
About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, at mouth of Muir Inlet, 0.5 mi. SW of Caroline Point and 52 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History of Sebree Island

Named about 1890 for Commander Uriel Sebree, 1848-1922, U.S. Navy (USN). He was on the Arctic Relief Expedition in 1873 and the Greely Relief Expedition in 1884. The feature was called "Headland Island" by Cushing (1891, p. 228).