Information About

Tracy Arm

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Tracy Arm on The Map

Location

57 ° 54' 41" N,
133 ° 24' 7.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Juneau

Tracy Arm in Detail.

About

Forms the NE reach of Holkhm Bay, heads at the terminus of South Sawyer Glacier and trends W, then S 42 mi, 1 mi NE of Harbor Island.

History

Named in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN), for B. F. Tracy, a lawyer and U.S. District Attorney in New York. During the Civil War he served in the Union forces, achieving the rank of Brigadier General.

Places Near Tracy Arm
Archipelagos:

Round Islets,

Bars:

Wood Spit,

Bays:

Tracy Arm,

Glaciers:

Sumdum Glacier,

Islands:

Bushy Islands, Round Islet, Sumdum Island,

Lakes:

Icefall Lake, Lower Sweetheart Lake, Upper Sweetheart Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Sumdum,

Streams:

Powers Creek,