Information About

Beak Point

Quick Facts

Region:

Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)

Nearest City:

Hydaburg

Elevation:

131 ft (39.93 m)

About

S point of entrance to Gold Harbor, on W coast of Dall I., Alex. Arch.

History of Beak Point

Descriptive name given in 1927 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) because "the shape of the point *** resembles a fowl's head with an open beak."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Dixon Entrance D-4 (1948), Dixon Entrance (1951), Dixon Entrance D-4 (1951), Dixon Entrance (1959), Dixon Entrance (1959), Dixon Entrance (1959), Dixon Entrance (1959),

Places Near Beak Point

Archipelagos:

McFarland Islands,

Bars:

Low Rock,

Bays:

Port Bazan, Augustine Bay, Baldy Bay, Camp Cove, Coco Harbor, Essowah Harbor, Fisherman Cove, Gold Harbor, Gooseneck Harbor, Grace Harbor, Green Inlet, Manhattan Arm, Manhattan Arm Sea Otter Harbor, Rose Inlet, Sakie Bay, Sea Otter Harbor, Vesta Bay, View Cove, Waterfall Bay, Welcome Cove, Windy Cove,

Capes:

Point Bazan, Beak Point, Bruin Point, Cape Augustine, Cape Lookout, Cape Magdalena, Clear Point, Essowah Point, Francis Point, Gooseneck Point, Kellogg Point, Luke Point, Parrot Point, Reef Point, Ritter Point, Rockwell Point, Rose Point, Sakie Point, Security Point, Solyanka Point, Vesta Point, Welcome Point,

Channels:

Tlevak Strait,

Cliffs:

High Point,

Islands:

Black Rock, Bushy Island, Camp Island, Clam Island, Dall Island, Devil Island, Dolgoi Island, Entrance Island, Entrance Island, Gate Island, Gourd Island, Middle Island, Nellag Island, Parrot Rock, Profit Island, Reef Island, Reef Islands, Sangao Island, Square Island, Table Rock,

Lakes:

Devil Lake, Essowah Lakes, Little Devil Lake, Manhattan Lake, Parrot Lake, Waterfall Lake, Lake Welcome,

Mountains:

Bear Mountain, Cone Mountain, Cone Mountain, Grace Mountain, Squaw Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Twin Peaks, Mount Vesta, White Mountain,

Pillars:

Hattie Rock,