Information About

Phipps Peninsula

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 32' 12.001" N,
139 ° 48' 5" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Elevation

26 ft (7.92 m)

Phipps Peninsula in Detail.

About

in Gulf of Alaska, S on Monti Bay, 1 mi. SW of Yakutat; Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History

named "Cape Phipps" by Captain George Dixon in 1787 for the Hon. Constantine John Phipps, Baron Mulgrave, English explorer, famous for his voyage to Spitzebergen and the Arctic Ocean in 1773 (U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 208). been some confusion in the application of the name. Cape Phipps was applied to Ocean Cape by some of the early hydrographers, and in 1823 it was applied by Captain C. V. Kromchenko to Point Carew. by Baker (1906, p. 496), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and "Phipps Bay Peninsual" by International Boundary Commission (IBC) in 1928.

Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat C-5 (1959), Yakutat C-5 (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat C-5 SW (1987), Yakutat C-5 SW (1987), Yakutat C-5 (1996), Yakutat C-5 SW (2017),

Places Near Phipps Peninsula

Bars:

Gilbert Spit, Prince Shoal, Tick Shoal, Tzuse Shoal, Village Shoal,

Bays:

The Lagoon, Port Mulgrave, Ahduck Bay, Black Duck Bay, Broken Oar Cove, Deep Bay, Gonakadetseat Bay, Graveyard Cove, Monti Bay, Puget Cove, Redfield Cove, Rurik Harbor, Sawmill Cove, Sea Otter Bay, Shipyard Cove, Yakutat Bay,

Beaches:

Khantaak Beach,

Capes:

Point Munoz, Point Turner, Point Carrew, Ankau Head, Arrecifes Point, Hatchet Point, Northeast Point, Ocean Cape, Phipps Cape, Phipps Peninsula, Pyramid Point,

Channels:

The Ankau, Canoe Pass, Hatchet Pass, Johnstone Passage, Yakutat Roads,

Cities:

Islands:

Canoe Island, Doggie Island, Dolgoi Island, Fitzgerald Island, Gregson Island, Khantaak Island, Kriwoi Island, Krutoi Island, Otmeloi Island,

Lakes:

Aka Lake, Ankau Saltchucks, Kardy Lake, Laguna de la Frezas, Rocky Lake, Summit Lake, Summit Lakes,

Rivers:

Streams:

Ophir Creek, T-awat Creek, Tawah Creek,