Information About

Tidal Inlet

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 49' 32.002" N,
136 ° 20' 12.998" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Tidal Inlet in Detail.

About

fiord in Glacier Bay National Monument, trends W to Glacier Bay, 4 mi. E of Gilbert I. and 61 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named in 1890 by Reid (1896, p. 427), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), who established a tidal observation station in the inlet. The inlet is not tidal in the true sense, however, but is protected by a natural breakwater.

Topo Maps

Mt. Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1950), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-2 SE (2017),

Places Near Tidal Inlet

Bars:

Caroline Shoal,

Bays:

Blue Mouse Cove, Charpentier Inlet, Geikie Inlet, Glacier Bay, Hugh Miller Inlet, Hunter Cove, Queen Inlet, Sebree Cove, Shag Cove, Stump Cove, Tidal Inlet, Tyndall Cove, Wachusett Inlet,

Capes:

Caroline Point, Rowlee Point, Tlingit Point, Westdahl Point, Wolf Point,

Channels:

Whidbey Passage,

Glaciers:

Andrews Glacier, Baldwin Glacier, Burroughs Glacier, Cushing Glacier, Dying Glacier (historical), Loomis Glacier, Morse Glacier, Patton Glacier, Plateau Glacier, Twin Glacier,

Hills:

Curtis Hills,

Islands:

Drake Island, Francis Island, Geikie Rock, Lone Island, Sealers Island, Sebree Island, Triangle Island,

Lakes:

Vivid Lake,

Mountains:

Black Cap Mountain, Mount Bulky, Mount Cadell, Mount Favorite, Hugh Miller Mountain, Mount Kloh Kutz, Knob G, Marble Mountain, Mount Merriam, Pyramid Peak, Red Bed Peak, Tlingit Peak, Mount Wordie,

Mountain Passes:

Glacier Pass,

Ridges:

Bruce Hills, Emerson Peaks, Idaho Ridge, Minnesota Ridge, Oberlin Ridge, White Thunder Ridge,

Streams:

Favorite Creek,

Valleys:

Ice Valley,