Information About

Point Alava

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 11' 37" N,
131 ° 11' 6" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Metlakatla

Elevation

30 ft (9.14 m)

Point Alava in Detail.

About

Located on the S tip of Revillagigedo Island, Alexander Archipelago.

History

Named by Captain George Vancouver, "August 7, 1793, no doubt in honor of Jose Manuel de Alava, who succeeded Bodega as commissioner and as commandant of San Blas***" (Wagner, 1937, p. 372).

Places Near Point Alava
Cities:

Kah Shakes,

Bars:

Bostwick Reef, Hog Rocks, Mastic Rock, Washington Monument Rock, White Reef,

Bays:

Alava Bay, Bullhead Cove, Camp Cove, Cascade Inlet, Coho Cove, Coho Cove, Crab Bay, Customhouse Cove, Dog Bay, Gnat Cove, Kah Shakes Cove, Kah Shakes Lagoon, Kwain Bay, Lucky Cove, Mary I Anchorage, Moth Bay, Princess Bay, Reef Harbor, Sykes Cove, Thorne Arm, Thorne Arm,

Capes:

Point Arucenas, Point Alava, Annette Point, Ape Point, Bass Point, Brunn Point, Cape Fox, Cone Point, Edge Point, Elf Point, Eve Point, Fox Point, Giant Point, Grave Point, Kah Shakes Point, Kirk Point, Middy Point, Mop Point, Moth Point, Pop Point, Quadra Point, Rock Point, Roe Point, Sharp Point, Spit Point, Point Sykes, Tent Point, Wasp Point, Point Winslow,

Channels:

Cat Passage, Danger Passage, Felice Strait, Narrow Pass, Revillagigedo Channel, Short Pass,

Hills:

Mound Hill,

Islands:

Annette Island, Bird Island, Black Island, Black Rock, Cat Island, Cone Island, Danger Island, Dog Island, Double Islands, Duck Islands, Fish Islands, Fripo Island, Ham Island, House Rock, Hume Island, Indian Rock, Lane Island, Lewis Island, Little Rock, Mary Island, Minx Islands, Round Island, Rudyerd Island, Slate Islands, Snail Rock, Snipe Island, Snipe Island, Twin Islands, Village Island, Walker Island, Whale Rock,

Lakes:

Beaver Lake, Cascade Lakes, Crater Lake, Granite Lake, Low Lake, Mesa Lake, Star Lake, Sykes Lake, Trap Lake,

Mountains:

Backbone Mountain, Behm Mountain, Black Mountain, Blunt Mountain, Notch Mountain,

Ridges:

Alava Ridge, Saw Ridge, Saw Ridge,

Streams:

Beaver Creek, Fish Creek, Gokachin Creek, Kah Shakes Creek, Sea Level Creek, Silver Creek,

Routes:

Low Lake Trail, Mesa Lake Trail, Star Lake Spur,