Information About

Humpback Rock

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 42' 29.002" N,
152 ° 14' 55" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Humpback Rock in Detail.

About

in Chiniak Bay, 9 mi. SE of Kodiak, Kodiak I.

History

A translation of the transliterated name "Horboon" (from "gorbun"), given to this feature in 1804 by Captain Lisianski (1814, p. 142), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Called "Kamen Gorbun Morskoy," meaning "humpback sea rock," by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 16), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and "The Humpback" or "Sugarloaf Rock" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1869.

Topo Maps

Kodiak C-1 (1949), Kodiak C-1 (1949), Kodiak C-1 (1949), Kodiak C-1 (1951), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak C-1 NW (1987),

Places Near Humpback Rock

Cities:

Pestriak, Yelovoi,

Bars:

Channel Rock, Cyane Rock, Discovery Rocks, Hutchinson Reef, Kalsin Reef, Kodiak Rock, Pinnacle Rock, Refuge Rock, Saint George Rock, Vasilief Rock, Williams Reef,

Bays:

Brookers Lagoon, Chasovina Cove, Chiniak Bay, Cook Bay, Crab Lagoon, Gibson Cove, Helen Bay, Icon Bay, Isthmus Bay, Kalsin Bay, Kodiak Harbor, Middle Bay, Mill Bay, Monashka Bay, Pelenga Bay, Saint Herman Bay, Saint Herman Harbor, Saint Paul Harbor, Shahafka Cove, Sunny Cove, Vera Bay,

Capes:

Azimuth Point, Broad Point, Cape Chiniak, Cape Greville, Chiniak Point, Cliff Point, East Cape, Icehouse Point, Isthmus Point, Midway Point, Miller Point, Naugolka Point, Ostrof Point, Pestriak Point, Pony Point, Sawmill Point, Sequel Point, South Point, Spruce Cape, Termination Point,

Channels:

Narrow Strait, Narrow Strait, Woody Island Channel,

Cities:

Cliffs:

Dams:

Bettinger A Dam, Chiniak Satellite Tracking Station Dam, City of Ouzinkie Dam, City of Ouzinkie Lower Dam, Lake Bettinger B Dam, Lake Bettinger C Dam, Lake Bettinger D Dam, Pillar Creek 2 Main Dam Dike C, Pillar Creek Dam Number 2 Dike A, Pillar Creek Dam Number 3, Pillar Creek Number 1 Upper Dam A, Pillar Creek Number 1 Upper Dam B, Pillar Creek Number 2 Dike B Dam, Stovers Dam, Upper Reservoir Dam,

Fictional Places:

Hills:

Islands:

Bird Island, Chiniak Island, Cliff Island, Crooked Island, Eider Island, Gull Island, Hanin Rock, Holiday Island, Humpback Rock, Inner Humpback Rock, Isthmus Island, Jug Island, Kalsin Island, Kekur Island, Kulichkof Island, Long Island, Middle Island, Near Island, Nelson Island, Popof Island, Puffin Island, Queer Island, Refuge Island, Rocky Islet, Round Island, Spruce Island, Svitlak Island, Twin Islet, Ugak Island, Uski Island, Utesistoi Island, Viesoki Island, Woody Island,

Lakes:

Abercrombie Lake, Beaver Lake, Lake Bettinger, Chiniak Lagoon, Chiniak Lake, Dark Lake, Dolgoi Lake, Elephant Lake, Hidden Lakes, Icehouse Lake, Island Lake, Jupiter Lake, Kalsin Pond, Lilly Lake, Long Lake, Mayflower Lake, Mission Lake, Neptune, Potatopatch Lake, Salt Lake, Saturn Lake, Sawmill Lake, Snag Lake, Southern Lake, Tanignak Lake, Lake Una, Uranus,

Mountains:

Boyer Peak, Mount Herman, Monashka Mountain, Pillar Mountain, Slope Peak, Twin Peaks,

Pillars:

Taller Pinnacle,

Ridges:

Rivers:

Chiniak River, Olds River, Sacramento River,

Streams:

Black Canyon Creek, East Fork Twin Creek, Frank Creek, Kalsin Creek, Mayflower Creek, Monashka Creek, Myrtle Creek, Pillar Creek, Roslyn Creek, Twin Creek, Virginia Creek, West Fork Twin Creek,

Routes:

Boy Scout Trail, Near Island Trail,

Cities:

Aleksashkina, Chiniak, Mill Bay,