Information About

Hunter Cove

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 54' 24.998" N,
136 ° 7' 36.998" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Hunter Cove in Detail.

About

on W shore of Muir Inlet, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 1.5 mi. S of Rowlee Point and 60 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. 1.4 miles wide.

History

Name published by the American Geographical Society (Field, 1947, map). Named for Captain J. C. Hunter of the Steamship (SS) City of Topeka, which brought H. F. Reid to Muir Inlet in 1892

Topo Maps

Mt. Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1954), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-1 NE (2017),

Places Near Hunter Cove

Bars:

Caroline Shoal,

Bays:

Adams Inlet, Goose Cove, Hunter Cove, Maquinna Cove, Muir Inlet, North Sandy Cove, Nunatak Cove, Sandy Cove, Sebree Cove, South Sandy Cove, Spokane Cove, Stump Cove, Tidal Inlet, Wachusett Inlet,

Capes:

Point McLeod, Point George, Caroline Point, Muir Point, Rowlee Point, Tlingit Point, Westdahl Point, Wolf Point,

Glaciers:

Andrews Glacier, Burroughs Glacier, Casement Glacier, Dirt Glacier, Dying Glacier (historical), McBride Glacier, Morse Glacier, Patton Glacier, White Glacier,

Hills:

Curtis Hills, Klotz Hills, Knob I,

Islands:

Garforth Island, Geikie Rock, Lone Island, Puffin Island, Sealers Island, Sebree Island, Sturgess Island,

Mountains:

Black Mountain, Mount Brock, Mount Cadell, Mount Case, Coleman Peak, Mount Kloh Kutz, Knob G, Knob H, The Nunatak, Pyramid Peak, Red Mountain, Sitth-gha-ee Peak, Mount Wright,

Mountain Passes:

Glacier Pass,

Ridges:

Bruce Hills, Idaho Ridge, McConnell Ridge, Minnesota Ridge, Oberlin Ridge, Van Horn Ridge, White Thunder Ridge,

Streams:

Forest Creek, Wolf Creek,

Valleys:

Dirt Gulch, Ice Valley,