Information About

Vallenar Point

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 25' 27.001" N,
131 ° 50' 56" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Ketchikan

Elevation

92 ft (28.04 m)

Vallenar Point in Detail.

About

N tip of Gravina I., Alex. Arch

History

Named by Captain Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), "August 13, 1793, no doubt after his friend Ambrosio O'Higgins de Vallenar, Viceroy of Chile " (Wagner, 1937, p. 420); O'Higgins of Ballenagh, Ireland, naturalized in Chile, became a national hero.

Places Near Vallenar Point
Archipelagos:

Blank Islands, Tatoosh Islands,

Areas:

Tatoosh Rocks, Upper Nickeyville,

Bars:

Bittersweet Rock, Bolles Ledge, Lewis Reef, Ohio Rock, Pennock Reef, Pond Reef, Rosa Reef,

Bays:

Blank Inlet, Bond Bay, Bostwick Inlet, Clam Cove, Grant Cove, Helm Bay, Knudson Cove, Long Arm, Moser Bay, Mud Bay, Naha Bay, Radenbough Cove, Raymond Cove, Refuge Cove, Smugglers Cove, Totem Bight, Vallenar Bay, Wadding Cove, Ward Cove, Whisky Cove,

Beaches:

Black Sand Beach,

Capes:

Point Higgins, Bar Point, Betton Point, Blank Point, Bostwick Point, Caamano Point, Charcoal Point, Chasina Point, Cod Point, Donnelly Point, Helm Point, Indian Point, Lewis Point, Mike Point, Peninsula Point, Potter Point, Rock Point, South Vallenar Point, Survey Point, Tatoosh Point, Vallenar Point, Windy Point,

Channels:

Clover Passage, Inside Passage, Tongass Narrow, Tongass Narrows,

Cities:

Ketchikan,

Dams:

Carlanna Lake Dam, Lake Connell Dam,

Fictional Places:

Elmo,

Hills:

Brush Hill, Cove Mountain, Judy Hill, Level Mountain,

Islands:

Back Island, Betton Island, Cache Island, Cedar Island, Channel Island, Chasina Island, Clover Island, Danger Island, East Clump, East Island, Forss Island, Grant Island, Gravina Island, Guard Islands, Hump Island, Joe Island, Moser Island, Pup Island, Stack Island, Thomas Island, Trunk Island, Vallenar Rock,

Lakes:

Bostwick Lake, Carlanna Lake, Connell Lake, Lake Emery Tobin, Helm Lake, Lake Perseverance, Smugglers Lake, Talbot Lake, Ward Lake,

Mountains:

Betton Head, Brown Mountain, Curve Mountain, Diana Mountain, Flat Mountain, Gold Mountain, High Mountain, House Mountain, Irvin Thompson Mountain, Juno Mountain, Mount Marr, Minerva Mountain, Nipple Mountain, Plain Mountain, Signal Mountain, Smooth Mountain, Spot Mountain, Sullivan Mountain, Thornton Mountain, Ward Mountain,

Parks:

Black Sands Beach State Marine Park, Totem Bight State Historical Park,

Mountain Ranges:

California Ridge,

Ridges:

Dall Ridge, Dall Ridge, Slide Ridge,

Streams:

Bostwick Creek, Carlanna Creek, Falls Creek, First Waterfall Creek, Government Creek, Halibut Creek, Hoadley Creek, Ketchikan Creek, Lunch Creek, Perseverance Creek, Second Waterfall Creek, Signal Creek, Smugglers Creek, Trollers Creek, Vallenar Creek, Walsh Creek, Ward Creek, Whipple Creek, Wolf Creek,

Routes:

Carlanna Lake Trail, Coast Guard Beach Trail, Connell Lake Trail, Minerva Mountain Trail, Perseverance Trail, Ward Lake Trail, Wolf Lake Trail,

Cities:

Carlanna, Clover Pass, Loring, Mud Bay, Peninsula Point, Port Higgins, Refuge Cove, Shoreline Drive, Ward Cove,