Information About

Point Woodcock

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 54' 15.998" N,
147 ° 48' 33.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Elevation

36 ft (10.97 m)

Point Woodcock in Detail.

About

on NW coast of Montague I., 10 mi. NE of Cape Cleare, 60 mi. SE of Seward, Chugach Mts.

History

Named by Captain Nathaniel Portlock (1789, p. 7), Royal Navy (RN), about April 24, 1787, for Joseph Woodcock, an apprentice aboard the King George, who was frequently sent ashore among the Indians as a hostage. Name shown only on his chart ( Wagner, 1937, p. 524).

Topo Maps

Blying Sound (1946), Blying Sound (1946), Blying Sound (1951), Blying Sound (1951), Blying Sound D-3 (1953), Blying Sound D-3 (1953), Blying Sound D-3 (1953), Blying Sound D-3 (1953), Blying Sound D-3 (1953), Blying Sound D-3 (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound D-3 (1995),

Places Near Point Woodcock

Cities:

Girwood, Horseshoe Bay, Phoenix, Port Benney, Port Crawford,

Bars:

Basins:

Bays:

Crab Bay, Fault Cove, Hanning Bay, Horseshoe Bay, Iktua Bay, Jeanie Cove, Johnson Cove, MacLeod Harbor, Montgomery Bay, San Juan Bay, Sawmill Bay, Sleepy Bay, Wilson Bay,

Capes:

Point Woodcock, Point Bazil, Point Grace, Point Bryant, Cape Cleare, Neck Point, Powder Point,

Channels:

Latouche Passage, Montague Strait,

Dams:

Crab Bay Dam Number 3,

Islands:

Bettles Island, Chicken Island, Izmaylov Island, Latouche Island, The Needle,

Lakes:

Lake Hayden, Fish Lake, Jaybird Lake, Lake Putnam, Snowy Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Beatson, Broon Buttes, Gibbon Peak, Jeanie Peak, Latouche Peak, Reynolds Peak, Stair Mountain,

Parks:

Horseshoe Bay State Marine Park,

Rivers:

Streams:

Deception Creek, Jeanie Creek, Slide Creek, Strike Creek, Tortuous Creek,

Cities:

Chenega, Chenega Bay, Latouche,