Information About

Point Walpole

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Walpole on The Map

Location

57 ° 18' 15.998" N,
133 ° 31' 1.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Point Walpole in Detail.

About

on W end of an island, in Stephens Passage at S entrance to Port Houghton, 2 mi. N of Fort Point and 71 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.

History

Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), in 1794 after its discovery by Lieutenant Joseph Whidbey on August 4, 1794, for George Walpole, Earl of Oxford, England (Wagner, 1937, p. 421). This name was published in 1848 as "Mys Valpol," or "Valpol Cape," by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. on Chart 1396.

Topo Maps

Sumdum B-5 (1948), Sumdum B-5 (1951), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum B-5 (1996), Sumdum B-5 SW (2017),
Places Near Point Walpole
Archipelagos:

Robert Islands, Storm Islands,

Areas:

The Five Fingers,

Bars:

Bird Rock, East Spit, McDonald Rock, West Spit,

Bays:

Port Houghton, Fanshaw Bay, Hobart Bay, Russian Cove, Steamboat Bay, Sunset Cove,

Capes:

Point Walpole, Point Highland, Point Hobart, Bartlett Point, Bay Point, Bill Point, Canoe Point, Cape Fanshaw, Duck Point, Fort Point, The Haystack, McNairy Point, Rocky Point,

Channels:

Cleveland Passage, South Passage,

Islands:

The Five Fingers, Akusha Island, Crow Island, Entrance Island, Foot Island, Robert Island, Sail Island, Sunset Island, The Twins, Whitney Island,

Lakes:

Little Lagoon, The Salt Chuck,

Mine:

K and D Mine,

Mountains:

Alaska Peak, Dahlgren Peak, Mount Fanshaw, Jamestown Peak, Man-of-War Peak, Tangent Peak,

Mountain Passes:

Stephens Passage,

Mountain Ranges:

Fanshaw Range,

Streams:

Cat Creek, Libby Creek, Negro Creek,

Cities:

Cape Fanshaw, Entrance Island, Hobart Bay,