Information About

Ripple Cove

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 27' 5" N,
136 ° 4' 36.998" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Gustavus

Ripple Cove in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, on W shore of Glacier Bay, 0.6 mi. S of Rush Point and 33 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

So named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1938 "because of the high velocity of the currents in this locality."