Information About

Queen Inlet

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Queen Inlet on The Map

Location

58 ° 56' 19" N,
136 ° 33' 6.998" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Queen Inlet in Detail.

About

on Glacier Bay, Glacier Bay National Monument, 1 mi. N of Composite I. and 68 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named in 1892 by Reid (1896, p. 422) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the Steamship (SS) Queen, which was the first ship to sail to the upper part of Glacier Bay.