Information About

Round Islet

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Round Islet on The Map

Location

57 ° 45' 9" N,
133 ° 36' 5" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Part of

Round Islets

Elevation

52 ft (15.85 m)

Round Islet in Detail.

About

largest of Round Islets, in Holkham Bay, 0.5 mi. SE of Harbor I. and 48 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Named by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN); published in 1869 on Hydrographic Chart 225 as "Round Islet (or islets)." Meade may have thought the group to be one island. The name was restricted to the southernmost and largest of the islands by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 147).

Topo Maps

Sumdum D-5 (1948), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum D-5 (1955), Sumdum D-5 (1955), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum D-5 (1994), Sumdum D-5 SW (2017),
Places Near Round Islet
Cities:

Sumdum,

Archipelagos:

Round Islets,

Bars:

Thistle Ledge, Wood Spit,

Bays:

Dry Bay, Holkham Bay, Sand Bay, Sanford Cove, Tracy Arm, Williams Cove, Windham Bay,

Capes:

Point Lookout, Point Hugh, Point Astley, Point Coke, Point League, Rock Point, Snettisham Peninsula, Point Windham,

Channels:

The Narrows,

Glaciers:

Sumdum Glacier,

Islands:

Bushy Islands, Harbor Island, Midway Islands, Round Islet, Sumdum Island,

Lakes:

Icefall Lake, Taylor Lake,

Mountains:

Meigs Peak, Mount Sumdum,

Streams:

Gilbert Creek, Powers Creek, Sweetheart Creek, Taylor Creek,

Routes:

Windham Bay Trail,

Waterfalls:

Sweetheart Falls,