Information About

Point Marsden

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 3' 24.998" N,
134 ° 48' 28.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Juneau

Elevation

23 ft (7.01 m)

Point Marsden in Detail.

About

on W coast of Admiralty I. in Chatham Strait, 2 mi. S of mouth of Hawk Inlet and 22 mi. SW of Juneau, Alex. Arch.

History

Joseph Whidbey in 1794 passed by the point which was later named by Captain Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN) (1801, v. 15, p. 439), either for William Marsden or Samuel Marsden of Paramatta, New South Wales (Wagner, 1937, v. 2, p. 396).

Topo Maps

Juneau A-3 (1948), Juneau A-3 (1950), Juneau A-3 (1950), Juneau A-3 (1950), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau A-3 (1997), Juneau A-3 SE (2017),

Places Near Point Marsden

Bars:

Hanus Reef, Horse Shoal, North Ledge,

Bays:

Coot Cove, Crab Cove, Cube Cove, Curlew Ledge, False Bay, Funter Bay, Game Cove, Hawk Inlet, Iyoukeen Cove, Jims Cove, Pavlof Harbor, Piledriver Cove, Pileriver Cove, Square Cove, Young Bay,

Capes:

Point Hepburn, Point Augusta, Clear Point, Cube Point, East Point, False Arden, Flints Point, Hawk Point, Iyoukeen Peninsula, Mansfield Peninsula, Point Marsden, Middle Point, North Passage Point,

Islands:

Bare Island, Colt Island, Gauge Island, Heidi Rock, Horse Island, The Kittens, Ledge Island, Naked Island, Rat Island, Scull Island, Star Rock, Station Island,

Lakes:

Lake Kathleen, Peanut Lake,

Mine:

Admiralty Mine, Alaska Dano Mine, Alaska Empire Mine, Kaiser Gypsum Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Robert Barron, Snowy Mountain,

Parks:

Funter Bay State Marine Park,

Ridges:

Sonyakay Ridge,

Streams:

Fowler Creek, Greens Creek, Gypsum Creek, Iyouktug Creek, Ward Creek, Wheeler Creek, Wukuklook Creek,

Cities:

Cube Cove, Funter, Hawk Inlet,