Information About

Ankau Head

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Location

59 ° 32' 44.002" N,
139 ° 48' 31" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Ankau Head in Detail.

About

on S shore of Monti Bay, 1.4 mi. SE of Point Carrew and 2.7 mi. W of Yakutat, Malaspina Coastal Plain;

History

Name derived from The Ankau and published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1898. Captain Alessandro Malaspina, in 1791, called it "Punta Gorda," i.e. "massive point."

Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat C-5 (1959), Yakutat C-5 (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat C-5 SW (1987), Yakutat C-5 SW (1987), Yakutat C-5 (1996), Yakutat C-5 SW (2017),

Places Near Ankau Head

Bars:

Gilbert Spit, Prince Shoal, Tick Shoal, Tzuse Shoal, Village Shoal,

Bays:

The Lagoon, Port Mulgrave, Ahduck Bay, Black Duck Bay, Broken Oar Cove, Deep Bay, Gonakadetseat Bay, Graveyard Cove, Monti Bay, Puget Cove, Redfield Cove, Rurik Harbor, Sawmill Cove, Sea Otter Bay, Shipyard Cove, Yakutat Bay,

Beaches:

Khantaak Beach,

Capes:

Point Munoz, Point Turner, Point Carrew, Ankau Head, Arrecifes Point, Hatchet Point, Northeast Point, Ocean Cape, Phipps Cape, Phipps Peninsula, Pyramid Point,

Channels:

The Ankau, Canoe Pass, Hatchet Pass, Johnstone Passage, Yakutat Roads,

Cities:

Yakutat,

Islands:

Canoe Island, Doggie Island, Dolgoi Island, Fitzgerald Island, Gregson Island, Khantaak Island, Kriwoi Island, Krutoi Island, Otmeloi Island,

Lakes:

Aka Lake, Ankau Saltchucks, Kardy Lake, Laguna de la Frezas, Rocky Lake, Summit Lake, Summit Lakes,

Rivers:

Lost River,

Streams:

Ophir Creek, T-awat Creek, Tawah Creek,