Information About

Zip Rock

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Pelican

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, off N shore of Cross Sound, 0.5 mi. SW of mouth of Dicks Arm, 45 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History of Zip Rock

Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1929 for the triangulation point Zip on the rock. The rock is useful as a land-mark for entering the harbor.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Mount Fairweather A-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather A-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather A-2 (1948), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather A-2 NW (2017),

Places Near Zip Rock

Cities:

Tlushashakian,

Areas:

Graves Rocks,

Bars:

Polka Rock,

Bays:

Bingham Cove, Cross Sound, Dicks Arm, Dixon Harbor, Fern Harbor, Graves Harbor, Hoktaheen Cove, Murk Bay, Murphy Cove, Soapstone Cove, Surge Bay, Surge Bay, Taylor Bay, Thistle Cove, Torch Bay,

Capes:

Cape Bingham, Cape Spencer, Hankinson Peninsula, Polka Peninsula, Soapstone Point, Venisa Point, Point Villaluenga,

Cliffs:

Ewe Ledge,

Dams:

Excursion Inlet Cannery Dam,

Islands:

Libby Island, Sugarloaf Island, Taylor Island, Yakobi Rock, Zip Rock,

Lakes:

Hoktaheen Lake, North Deception Lake, North Trick Lake, South Deception Lake, South Trick Lake, Surge Lake,

Mountains:

Bingham Peak, Horn Mountain,

Rivers:

Dixon River,

Streams:

Annoksek Creek, Hoktaheen Creek,