Information About

Putnam Peak

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 57' 51.001" N,
133 ° 10' 55.999" W

Region

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City

Kupreanof

Elevation

3248 ft (989.99 m)

Putnam Peak in Detail.

About

in Missionary Range, 14 mi. NW of Petersburg, on Lindenberg Peninsula, Kupreanof I., Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Master Charles Flint Putnam, U.S. Navy (USN), "a member of Lieutenant R. M. Berry's party in the Bering Strait in 1880, who was driven to sea on an ice floe and perished."