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Stump Cove

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 58' 32.999" N,
136 ° 9' 32" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

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Stump Cove in Detail.

About

on W shore of Muir Inlet, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 0.3 mi. SW of Westdahl Point, 65 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by members of the American Geographical Society Glacier Bay Expedition of 1941 (Field, 1947, pl. 1), because of the many stumps of an interglacial forest on the hillside at the head of the bay.