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Stump Cove

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Location

58 ° 58' 32.999" N,
136 ° 9' 32" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

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Stump Cove in Detail.

About

on W shore of Muir Inlet, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 0.3 mi. SW of Westdahl Point, 65 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by members of the American Geographical Society Glacier Bay Expedition of 1941 (Field, 1947, pl. 1), because of the many stumps of an interglacial forest on the hillside at the head of the bay.

Topo Maps

Mt. Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1954), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-1 NE (2017),

Places Near Stump Cove

Bars:

Caroline Shoal,

Bays:

Adams Inlet, Glacier Bay, Goose Cove, Hunter Cove, Maquinna Cove, Muir Inlet, Nunatak Cove, Stump Cove, Tidal Inlet, Wachusett Inlet,

Capes:

Point McLeod, Point George, Caroline Point, Muir Point, Rowlee Point, Westdahl Point, Wolf Point,

Glaciers:

Andrews Glacier, Burroughs Glacier, Dirt Glacier, Dying Glacier (historical), McBride Glacier, Morse Glacier, Patton Glacier, Plateau Glacier, Riggs Glacier,

Hills:

Curtis Hills, Klotz Hills, Knob I,

Islands:

Garforth Island, Sealers Island, Sebree Island,

Mountains:

Black Mountain, Mount Brock, Mount Cadell, Mount Case, Coleman Peak, Mount Kloh Kutz, Knob G, Knob H, The Nunatak, Pyramid Peak, Red Mountain, Mount Wright,

Mountain Passes:

Glacier Pass,

Ridges:

Bruce Hills, Idaho Ridge, McConnell Ridge, Minnesota Ridge, Oberlin Ridge, Van Horn Ridge, White Thunder Ridge,

Streams:

Forest Creek,

Valleys:

Dirt Gulch, Ice Valley,