Information About

Francis Anchorage

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Francis Anchorage on The Map

Location

57 ° 9' 7.999" N,
133 ° 10' 55.999" W

Region

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City

Kupreanof

Francis Anchorage in Detail.

About

in South Arm Farragut Bay, 1.5 mi. N of Read I. and 83 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts. 3 miles wide.

History

Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Alaskan ship pilot E. H. Francis. Name was published in 1888 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).

Topo Maps

Sumdum A-4 (1948), Sumdum A-4 (1951), Sumdum A-4 (1951), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum A-4 NW (2017),
Places Near Francis Anchorage
Archipelagos:

Portage Islands,

Bars:

Flock Rock, Harrington Rock,

Bays:

Port Houghton, Cape Strait, Dry Bay, Dry Cove, Farragut Bay, Francis Anchorage, North Arm, North Arm Port Houghton, Portage Bay, South Arm,

Capes:

Bay Point, Beacon Point, Boulder Point, East Point, Flat Point, Grand Point, The Haystack, Hook Point, Point Vandeput, West Point,

Channels:

Sanborn Canal, Sandborn Canal,

Islands:

Rabbit Island, Read Island, Stop Island, Walter Island,

Lakes:

Alice Lake, Farragut Lake, Little Lagoon, Salt Chuck,

Mountains:

Alaska Peak, Ambler Peak, Bay Point Knoll, Chipp Peak, Dahlgren Peak, De Long Peak, Franklin Peaks, Fulton Peak, Grant Peak, Hall Peak, Hamilton Peak, Hancock Peak, Hunt Peak, Jamestown Peak, Jefferson Peak, Kane Peak, Lincoln Peak, Lockwood Peak, Man-of-War Peak, Putnam Peak, Saranac Peak, Stanton Peak, Tangent Peak, Washington Peak,

Mountain Ranges:

Missionary Range,

Rivers:

Farragut River,

Streams:

Twelvemile Creek,