Information About

Point Styleman

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Styleman on The Map

Location

57 ° 58' 30" N,
133 ° 53' 53.999" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Elevation

177 ft (53.95 m)

Point Styleman in Detail.

About

at N entrance to Port Snettisham, on Stephens Passage, 2 mi. SW of Mist Creek and 29 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Named by Capt Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), after its discovery by Lieutenant Joseph Whidbey on Aug. 12, 1794, for Henry Styleman of Snettisham, England (Wagner 1937, p. 17). This name was published in 1848 as "Mys Steylmen," by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. on Chart 1396.