Information About

Glass Peninsula

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Glass Peninsula on The Map

Location

57 ° 49' 19.999" N,
133 ° 59' 28" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Elevation

3094 ft (943.05 m)

Glass Peninsula in Detail.

About

50 miles long. On Admiralty I., extends SE along W shore of Stephens Passage, 12 mi. SSE of Juneau, Alex. Arch.

History

Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Commander Henry Glass, 1844-1908, U.S. Navy (USN), Commander of the Steamship (SS) Wachusett, which made surveys in this area in 1881. Commander Glass rose to Rear Admiral and was Commandant of the Pacific Naval District at the time of his death.

Topo Maps

Sumdum D-6 (1948), Sumdum D-6 (1951), Sumdum D-6 (1951), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum D-6 SW (2017),
Places Near Glass Peninsula
Bars:

Beacon Rock, Rasp Ledge,

Bays:

Fool Inlet, Limestone Inlet, Mole Harbor, Pleasant Bay, Short Finger Bay, Sore Finger Cove, Winning Cove,

Capes:

Point Anmer, Point Glass, Flaw Point, Glass Peninsula, Midway Point, Sharp Point, Station Point, Point Styleman, Twin Point,

Channels:

Seymour Canal, Stephens Passage,

Cliffs:

The Stone Wall,

Islands:

Buck Island, Bug Island, Dorn Island, Faust Island, Midway Islands, Mist Island, South Island, Tiedeman Island,

Lakes:

Lake Alexander, Beaver Lake, Buck Lake, Doe Lake, Islet Lake, Pine Lake, Pleasant Bay Lake,

Mine:

Friday Mine, Whigg Placer Mine,

Mountains:

Everett Peak, Fillmore Peak, Morse Peak, Randolph Peak, Washburn Peak, Webster Peak, Wheeler Peak, Yeek-Sha Mountain,

Rivers:

Mole River, Whiting River,

Streams:

Anmer Creek, Bear Creek, Limestone Creek, Mist Creek,

Routes:

Lake Alexander Trail,