Information About

Iceberg Point

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Iceberg Point on The Map

Location

58 ° 15' 46.001" N,
136 ° 4' 43" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Elevation

33 ft (10.06 m)

Iceberg Point in Detail.

About

on S end of Lemesurier I., in South Passage, S of Jacks Cove, 25 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

So named by Master G. C. Hanus, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1880 "because much drift ice was stranded on the point." The name was published by US@C&GS in the 1883 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 190).