Information About

Sumdum Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 42' 15.998" N,
133 ° 27' 36" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Elevation

289 ft (88.09 m)

Sumdum Island in Detail.

About

in Endicott Arm, 8 mi. SE of Harbor I., and 54 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Tlingit Indian name published as "Soundon" in 1869 by U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office; the island was called "Sumdum Island" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 168). Locally, it was known as "Fox Island" because of a fox ranch there.