Information About

Vixen Islands

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 36' 56.002" N,
135 ° 34' 37.999" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Tenakee Springs

Part of

Alexander Archipelago

Elevation

13 ft (3.96 m)

Vixen Islands in Detail.

About

in Hoonah Sound, off S coast of Chichagof I., 20 mi. E of Chichagof, Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1895 by Lieutenant Commander E. K. Moore, U.S. Navy (USN), "for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) launch Vixen." The name was published in 1900 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 8282.

Topo Maps

Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka C-5 (1951), Sitka C-5 (1951), Sitka C-5 (1951), Sitka C-5 (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka C-5 SW (2017),

Places Near Vixen Islands

Bars:

Cozian Reef, Deadman Reach, Dolph Rock, E Francis Rock, Ford Rock, Hoggatt Reefs, Midway Rock, Nixon Shoal, Wayanda Ledge,

Bays:

Baby Bear Bay, Bear Bay, Crab Bay, Deep Bay, Douglass Bay, Favorite Anchorage, Fick Cove, Goose Cove, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Nismeni Cove, North Arm Hoonah Sound, Patterson Bay, Poison Cove, Rodman Bay, Saltery Bay, Suloia Bay, Ushk Bay,

Capes:

Point Marie, Point Sinbad, Point Siroi, Arthur Point, Duffield Peninsula, Emmons Point, Island Point, Middle Point, Mountain Head, Nismeni Point, Pedersen Point, Pogibshi Point, Rapids Point, Reynard Point, Rock Point, Rodgers Point, Sergius Point, Shoal Point, Ushk Point, White Cliff Point, Yellow Point,

Channels:

Adams Channel, Canoe Pass, Hoonah Sound, North Arm Hoonah Sound, Rose Channel, Sergins Narrows, Sergius Channel, South Arm Hoonah Sound,

Islands:

Arthur Island, Arthur Island, Bear Bay Island, Big Island, Big Rose Island, Broad Island, East Francis Rock, Elovoi Island, Emmons Island, Grasstop Rock, Hoggatt Island, Krugloi Islands, Lauf Islands, Liesnoi Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Little Rose Island, Moser Island, Nelson Island, Otstoia Island, Povorotni Island, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, Vixen Islands, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock,

Lakes:

Lake Suloia,

Mountains:

Finger Mountain,

Parks:

Big Bear - Baby Bear State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Sergius Narrows, South Arm Hoonah Sound,

Mountain Ranges:

Moore Mountains,

Rapids:

North Rapid, Southern Rapids,

Streams:

Range Creek, Rodman Creek,