Information About

Taylor Island

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Pelican

Part of:

St. Elias Mountains

Elevation:

105 ft (32 m)

About

off E shore of Taylor Bay, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 4 mi. W of Point Wimbledon, 40 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History of Taylor Island

Named by J. F. Pratt, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); published in the 1901 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 205). The name was derived from Taylor Bay.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Mount Fairweather B-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather B-2 (1948), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather B-2 SE (2017),

Places Near Taylor Island

Cities:

Tlushashakian,

Archipelagos:

George Islands, Inian Islands,

Bars:

Dad Rock, Seiners Rock, South Rock,

Bays:

The Hobbit Hole, Port Althorp, Bingham Cove, Cross Sound, Dicks Arm, Dundas Bay, Earl Cove, Elfin Cove, Fern Harbor, Granite Cove, Inian Cove, Lacy Cove, Mosquito Cove, Salt Chuck Bay, Soapstone Cove, Surge Bay, Taylor Bay,

Capes:

Point Lucan, Althorp Peninsula, Cape Bingham, Cape Spencer, Column Point, Point Dundas, False Point, Point Lavinia, Polka Peninsula, Soapstone Point, Point Villaluenga, Point Wimbledon,

Channels:

Middle Pass, Mosquito Pass, North Inian Pass, South Inian Pass,

Cliffs:

Ewe Ledge,

Dams:

Excursion Inlet Cannery Dam,

Islands:

Althorp Rock, Gaff Rock, George Island, Inian Island, Taylor Island, Three Hill Island, Yakobi Rock, Zip Rock,

Lakes:

Abyss Lake, South Trick Lake,

Mountains:

Serrated Peak, Vein Mountain,

Rivers:

Dundas River,

Streams:

Margret Creek,

Cities:

Elfin Cove,