Information About

Point Carrew

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 33' 32" N,
139 ° 50' 17.999" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Point Carrew in Detail.

About

at mouth of Monti Bay, at N end of Phipps Peninsula, 8 mi. W of Yakutat, Malaspina Coastal Plain

History

Named in 1787 by Captain Dixon (1789, p. 170). There has been confusion in the application of the names "Phipps, Carrew and Ocean Points." According to the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 206) Captain Kromchenko, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1823 applied the name "Phipps" to this point.

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 Point Carrew

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, 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,

Streams:

Ophir Creek, T-awat Creek,