Information About

Cormorant Rock

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 36' 31" N,
137 ° 39' 20.002" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Cormorant Rock in Detail.

About

at mouth of Lituya Bay, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 0.1 mi W of Harbor Point, 8.7 mi. NW of Hoonah, Malaspina Coastal Plain

History

Named in 1786 by LaPerouse (1798, atlas 19), as Cormorants Rock. The cormorant is a multicolored ravelike seabird of the family Phalacrocoracidae, several species of which live in Alaska.

Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather C-5 (1961), Mount Fairweather C-5 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather C-5 SW (2017),

Places Near Cormorant Rock

Bars:

Cormorant Rock, La Chaussee Spit, Passage Rock,

Bays:

Anchorage Cove, Crillon Inlet, Gilbert Inlet, Lituya Bay,

Capes:

Cenotaph Point, Harbor Point, Three Saints Point,

Glaciers:

Desolation Glacier, Lituya Glacier,

Hills:

The Paps,

Islands:

Cenotaph Island,

Lakes:

Fish Lake,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain, Bay Peak, Mount Escures, Grassy Mountain, South Billy Goat Mountain,

Ridges:

Solomon Railroad,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Butcher Creek, Campbell Creek, Coal Creek, Eagle Creek, Echo Creek, Fall Creek, Fish Creek, Fourmile Creek, Justice Creek, Mineral Creek, Mudslide Creek, Portage Creek, Steelhead Creek, Topsy Creek, Whale Creek,

Valleys:

Desolation Valley,