Information About

New Reefs

Quick Facts

Open in The Map New Reefs on The Map

Location

59 ° 42' 0" N,
139 ° 28' 59.999" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

85 ft (25.91 m)

New Reefs in Detail.

About

near head of Eleanor Cove, 14 mi. NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by Tarr and Martin (1912, map 14 and p. 21), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). These reefs were created during the 1899 earthquake; they are not shown, however, on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 8455, published in 1965.