Information About

Backbone Mountain

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 10' 23.999" N,
130 ° 59' 10" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Metlakatla

Parent

Coast Mountains

Elevation

2149 ft (655.02 m)

Backbone Mountain in Detail.

About

N of Sykes Lake, 4.4 mi. SE of Point Sykes, Coast Mts.

History

Named in 1885 by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN).

Topo Maps

Ketchikan (1952), Ketchikan (1952), Ketchikan (1952), Ketchikan (1952), Ketchikan (1955), Ketchikan (1955), Ketchikan (1955), Ketchikan A-3 (1955), Ketchikan A-3 (1955), Ketchikan A-3 (1955),
Places Near Backbone Mountain
Cities:

Kah Shakes,

Bars:

White Reef,

Bays:

Alava Bay, Badger Bay, Bullhead Cove, Butlhead Cove, Foggy Bay, Kah Shakes Cove, Kah Shakes Lagoon, Mary I Anchorage, Princess Bay, Smeaton Bay, Sweaton Bay, Sykes Cove, Very Inlet, Vixen Bay, Weasel Cove,

Capes:

Point Nelson, Point Trollop, Point Alava, Ape Point, Bass Point, Cape Fox, Edge Point, Fox Point, Harding Point, Harris Point, Kah Shakes Point, Kirk Point, Orca Point, Porpoise Point, Quadra Point, Roe Point, Sharp Point, Short Point, Point Sykes, Tent Point, Wasp Point, Whale Point, Point Winslow,

Channels:

Narrow Pass, Revillagigedo Channel, Short Pass,

Islands:

Black Island, Black Rock, Carp Island, De Long Islands, Gannet Island, Gosling Island, House Rock, Kestrel Island, Kite Island, Little Rock, Raven Island, Rudyerd Island, Slate Islands, Smeaton Island, Snail Rock, Stag Island, Whale Rock,

Lakes:

Badger Lake, Beaver Lake, Granite Lake, Kah Shakes Lake, Star Lake, Sykes Lake,

Mine:

Sealevel Mine,

Mountains:

Backbone Mountain, Behm Mountain, North Quadra Mountain, South Quadra Mountain,

Ridges:

Alava Ridge,

Streams:

Bartholomew Creek, Carp Creek, Gokachin Creek, Kah Shakes Creek, Sea Level Creek, Skull Creek,

Routes:

Mesa Lake Trail, Star Lake Spur,