Information About

Junction Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Junction Island on The Map

Location

60 ° 23' 28" N,
147 ° 59' 40.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Elevation

82 ft (24.99 m)

Junction Island in Detail.

About

off N tip of Chenega I., at junction of Knight Island Passage and Dangerous Passage, 34 mi. SE of Whittier, Chugach Mts.

History

So named in 1933 by a US@C&GS field party "because it marks the junction of Dangerous Passage and Knight Island Passage."

Topo Maps

Seward B-3 (1950), Seward B-3 (1950), Seward B-3 (1950), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward B-3 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward B-3 (2000),
Places Near Junction Island
Archipelagos:

Pleiades Islands,

Bars:

Point of Rocks,

Bays:

Cathead Bay, Chenega Cove, Copper Bay, Deer Cove, Drier Bay, Em-urluq Bay, Eshamy Bay, Ewan Bay, Falls Bay, Foul Bay, Granite Bay, Italian Bay, Johnson Bay, Kake Cove, Little Bay, Lower Herring Bay, Lucky Bay, Main Bay, Mallard Bay, Masked Bay, McClure Bay, Mummy Bay, Northeast Arm, Northeast Arm Mummy Bay, Otter Cove, Paddy Bay, Thumb Bay, Whale Bay,

Capes:

Point Nowell, Point Countess, Bainbridge Point, Cat Head, Chenega Point, Clump Point, Ewan Point, Jackpot Point, Mallard Head, Paddy Point, Rocky Point, Squire Point,

Channels:

Dangerous Passage, Knight Island Passage, Long Channel,

Dams:

Sandra Lake Dam, West Gables Cannery Dam,

Islands:

Aguliak Island, Channel Rock, Chase Island, Chenega Island, Clam Islands, Crafton Island, Delenia Island, Ewan Island, Gage Island, Jackpot Island, Junction Island, Mummy Island, New Year Island, New Year Islands, Pass Island, Range Island, Rocky Island, Sister Rock, Squire Island, Squirrel Island, Verdant Island,

Lakes:

Cheimoviski Lake, Eshamy Lagoon, Eshamy Lake, Ewan Lake, Falls Lake, Gunboat Lakes, Rubber Boot Lake,

Mountains:

Dual Head, Eshamy Peak, Saddle Peak,

Streams:

Eshamy Creek,

Cities:

Oceanic,