Information About

Taku Inlet

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Location

58 ° 18' 24.998" N,
134 ° 2' 44.999" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Taku Inlet in Detail.

About

A fijord which extends north from Stephens Passage to the mouth of the Taku River, 13 miles southeast of Juneau, Coast Mountains. (AK-T1)

History

Named for the Taku subdivision of the Tlingit Indians; probably first mentioned in 1841 by Sir George Simpson (1847, v. 1, p. 214) as Taco Gulf. The Russians called it "Rukav Ledyanoy," or "Icy Arm" (Tebenkov, 1852, map 8). (AK-T1)

Topo Maps

Juneau B-1 (1948), Juneau B-1 (1948), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau B-1 (1952), Juneau B-1 (1952), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau B-1 (1997), Juneau B-1 SE (2017),

Places Near Taku Inlet

Cities:

Sikanasankian,

Bars:

Cherokee Flats, Grizzly Bar, Oozy Flats,

Bays:

Doty Cove, Scow Cove, Slocum Inlet, Suicide Cove, Sunny Cove, Taku Inlet,

Capes:

Arden Point, Bishop Point, Circle Point, Cooper Point, Cove Point, Davidson Point, False Arden, Flat Point, Greely Point, Jaw Point, Point Salisbury, Swede Point, Taku Point, Tantallon Point, Tantallon Point,

Dams:

Annex Lakes Dam,

Glaciers:

Dead Branch Norris Glacier, Death Valley Branch Norris Glacier, Hole-in-the-Wall Glacier, Middle Branch Norris Glacier, Norris Glacier, North Branch Norris Glacier,

Islands:

Grand Island, Marmion Island,

Lakes:

Annex Lakes, Bart Lake, Lake Dorothy, Glory Lake, Lieuy Lake, Loon Lakes, Oona Lake, Taku Lake, Turner Lake,

Mountains:

Annex Peak, Butler Peak, Guardian Mountain, Hawthorne Peak, Irving Peak, Middle Peak, Norris Mountain, North Rhine Peak, South Rhine Peak, Thoroughfare Mountain, West Peak, Williams Mountain,

Mountain Ranges:

Brassiere Hills,

Ridges:

Annex Ridge, Goat Ridge, Hawthorne Ridge, Norris-Taku Ridge, The Thoroughfare, Twin Summit Ridge,

Rivers:

Salmon Fork, Taku River,

Streams:

Annex Creek, Carlson Creek, Davidson Creek, Dorothy Creek, Gold Fork, Grindstone Creek, Johnson Creek, Rhine Creek, Sheep Fork, Sockeye Creek, Turner Creek, Zipper Creek,

Valleys:

Goldstein Gulch, Marmot Valley,

Waterfalls:

Grindstone Falls,