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Big Branch Rock

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Location

56 ° 16' 49.001" N,
134 ° 50' 48.001" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Big Branch Rock in Detail.

About

in Branch Bay, 8 mi. NW of Port Alexander, on S coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.; 0.1 mile wide.

History

Named in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN) commander of U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer "Albotross".

Places Near Big Branch Rock
Cities:

Big Port Walter,

Archipelagos:

Redfish Islets,

Areas:

Eagle Rocks,

Bars:

Breakfast Rock, Fivefathom Patch, Redfish Breaker, Reef Shoal, Tenfathom Anchorage,

Bays:

Port Herbert, Port Alexander, Port Armstrong, Port Conclusion, Port Herbert, Port Lucy, Port Walter, Port Lucy, Port Walter, Big Branch Bay, Big Port Walter, Branch Bay, Byron Bay, Codfish Cove, Denmark Cove, Driftwood Cove, Graveyard Cove, Jerry Harbor, John Bay, Larch Bay, Little Branch Bay, Little Puffin Bay, Lovers Cove, Miner Cove, Ommaney Bay, Puffin Bay, Redfish Bay, Sandy Bay, Ship Cove, Snipe Bay, Toledo Harbor,

Capes:

Point Conclusion, Point Eliza, Armstrong Point, Bobrovoi Point, Cape Ommaney, Granite Point, Hutchinson Point, Inner Point, Kekur Peninsula, Kekur Point, Mussel Point, Overhang Point, Puffin Point, Redfish Cape, Redfish Point,

Channels:

First Narrows, Second Narrows,

Dams:

City of Port Alexander Dam, Lake Ospery Dam, Port Alexander Cold Storage Dam,

Hills:

Snipe Head,

Islands:

Beavertail Island, Big Branch Rock, Bush Rock, Clam Island, First Kekur, Flotsam Island, Midway Island, Onetree Rock, Reef Rock, Sea Lion Rocks, Second Kekur, Third Kekur, Viking Rock, Wooden Island,

Lakes:

Antipatr Lake, Baturin Lake, Betty Lake, Borodino Lake, Clarks Pond, Island Lake, Jetty Lake, Leona Lake, Ludvik Lake, Nakvassin Lake, Lake Osprey, Rostislaf Lakes, Round Lake, Sashin Lake, Tumakof Lake,

Mountains:

Grouse Peak, Mount Kolloen, Ommaney Peak, Ptarmigan Peak, Mount Rudakof,

Streams:

Conclusion Creek, Sashin Creek,

Cities:

Port Alexander, Port Armstrong,