Information About

Point Wimbledon

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Wimbledon on The Map

Location

58 ° 18' 1.001" N,
136 ° 22' 35" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Elevation

49 ft (14.94 m)

Point Wimbledon in Detail.

About

on N shore of North Indian Pass, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 3 mi. SW of Dundas Bay, 36 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), in 1794 for Wimbledon, one of the seats of the Spencer family in England (Wagner, 1937, p. 422). Some charts erroneously call it "Winbledon." Wimbledon is a suburb of London and is now the headquarters of tennis in England.