Information About

The Desert

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 40' 41.002" N,
132 ° 15' 10.001" W

Region

Wrangell

Nearest City

Wrangell

Part of

Coast Mountains

The Desert in Detail.

About

sand bar in Stikine River, 15 mi. NE of Wrangell; Coast Mts. 1.3 miles long.

History

descriptive name published in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 109); probably given by prospectors.

Topo Maps

Petersburg C-1 (1948), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg (1952), Petersburg C-1 (1953), Petersburg C-1 (1953), Petersburg C-1 (1953), Petersburg (1960), Petersburg (1960), Petersburg (1960), Petersburg C-1 (1995), Petersburg C-1 NW (2017),

Places Near The Desert

Bars:

City of Topeka Rock,

Basins:

Groundhog Basin, Horseshoe Basin,

Bays:

Le Conte Bay,

Capes:

Point Rothsay, Point Shekesti, Point Highfield, Babbler Point, Garnet Ledge, Gerard Point, Green Point, Hooligan Point, Kakwan Point, Polk Point, Thunder Point,

Channels:

Eastern Passage, North Arm,

Cities:

Wrangell,

Dams:

Wrangell Upper Dam,

Glaciers:

Popof Glacier, Shakes Glacier, Summit Glacier,

Hills:

Dewey Hill,

Islands:

Andrew Island, Cottonwood Islands, Deadmans Island, The Desert, Farm Island, Fifteenmile Island, Kadin Island, Limb Island, Sergief Island,

Lakes:

Figure Eight Lake, Shakes Lake, Virginia Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Basargin, Castle Mountain, Garnet Mountain, Marsha Peak, Mount Rynda, Mount Stinenia, Wrangell Peak,

Mountain Passes:

Andrew Slough, Binkleys Slough, Knig Slough, Shakes Slough,

Mountain Ranges:

Wilkes Range,

Rivers:

Stikine River,

Streams:

Andrew Creek, Crittenden Creek, Dry Wash, Garnet Creek, Glacier Creek, Government Creek, Hooligan Slough, North Arm Creek, North Fork Porterfield Creek, Porterfield Creek, Shuktusa Creek, South Fork Andrew Creek,