Information About

Jaw Point

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 16' 45.998" N,
134 ° 4' 40.001" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Elevation

226 ft (68.88 m)

Jaw Point in Detail.

About

on E shore of Taku Inlet, 3 mi. NE of Cooper Point and 12 mi. W of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Named by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1890 and published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 153).

Topo Maps

Juneau B-1 (1948), Juneau B-1 (1948), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau B-1 (1952), Juneau B-1 (1952), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau B-1 (1997), Juneau B-1 SE (2017),

Places Near Jaw Point

Cities:

Sikanasankian,

Bars:

Cherokee Flats, Grizzly Bar, Oozy Flats,

Bays:

Doty Cove, Green Cove, Scow Cove, Slocum Inlet, Suicide Cove, Sunny Cove, Taku Harbor, Taku Inlet,

Capes:

Arden Point, Bishop Point, Circle Point, Cooper Point, Cove Point, Davidson Point, False Arden, Flat Point, Grave Point, Greely Point, Icy Point, Jaw Point, Point Salisbury, Southeast End, Swede Point, Taku Point, Tantallon Point, Tantallon Point,

Dams:

Annex Lakes Dam, Taku Cannery Dam,

Glaciers:

Dead Branch Norris Glacier, Death Valley Branch Norris Glacier, Hole-in-the-Wall Glacier, Middle Branch Norris Glacier, Norris Glacier, Split Thumb Icefall,

Islands:

Grand Island, Marmion Island,

Lakes:

Annex Lakes, Bart Lake, Lake Dorothy, Glory Lake, Lieuy Lake, Loon Lakes, Oona Lake, Taku Lake, Turner Lake,

Mountains:

Annex Peak, Butler Peak, Clark Peak, Hawthorne Peak, Irving Peak, Middle Peak, Norris Mountain, North Rhine Peak, South Rhine Peak, Steeple Peak, Taku Mountain, Thoroughfare Mountain, True Summit, West Peak, Williams Mountain,

Parks:

Taku Harbor State Marine Park,

Mountain Ranges:

Brassiere Hills,

Ridges:

Annex Ridge, Goat Ridge, Hawthorne Ridge, Norris-Taku Ridge, Powerline Ridge, Sol Thumb, The Thoroughfare, Twin Summit Ridge,

Rivers:

Salmon Fork, Taku River,

Streams:

Annex Creek, Carlson Creek, Davidson Creek, Dorothy Creek, Dupont Creek, Gold Fork, Grindstone Creek, Rhine Creek, Sheep Fork, Turner Creek, Zipper Creek,

Valleys:

Goldstein Gulch, Marmot Valley, Roberts Gulch,

Cities:

Taku Harbor,

Waterfalls:

Grindstone Falls,