Information About

Point Woodhouse

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Woodhouse on The Map

Location

56 ° 50' 15" N,
135 ° 32' 12.998" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

112 ft (34.14 m)

Point Woodhouse in Detail.

About

on S coast of Biorka I., 18 mi. SW of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History

Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), on July 30, 1794, (Wagner, 1937, p. 422). Vancouver gave this name to high land west of Crawfish Inlet, 14 miles southeastward. The name was reapplied to the present location by Russian naval officers in the early 1800's (Sarichev, 1826, map 19).

Places Near Point Woodhouse
Archipelagos:

Gillmore Islands, Necker Islands, Saint Lazaria Islands, Taigud Islands,

Areas:

South Rocks,

Bars:

Alexander Rock, Alice Island, Bare Rock, Biorka Reef, Black Rock, Ferebee Rock, Frosty Reef, Harbor Rock, Keene Rock, Liar Rocks, Makhnati Rock, Middle Rock, Mitchell Rock, Nicholson Rocks, North Rock, Rose Rock, Sentinel Rock, Shoal Island, Simpson Rock, Tsaritsa Rock, Vasilief Bank,

Bays:

Big Bay, Crane Cove, Crescent Bay, Herring Bay, Hot Springs Bay, Kanga Bay, Kidney Cove, Kliuchevoi Bay, Marsh Bay, Mielkoi Cove, Pirate Cove, Redoubt Bay, Rocky Cove, Samsing Cove, Sealing Cove, Sitka Harbor, Sitka Sound, Symonds Bay, Three Entrance Bay, Whiting Harbor,

Capes:

Point Woodhouse, Cape Burunof, Hanus Point, Kliuchef Peninsula, Peresheek Point, Povorotni Point, Shoals Point,

Channels:

Biorka Channel, Dorothy Narrows, Eastern Channel, Islet Passage, Koka Island Passage, Middle Channel, Western Channel, Windy Passage,

Cities:

Sitka,

Hills:

The Beehive, Castle Hill,

Islands:

Aleutski Island, Ataku Island, Ball Islets, Bamdoroshni Island, Beardslee Islands, Belknap Islands, Biali Rock, Biorka Island, Blackbird Island, Breast Island, Calligan Island, Calming Island, Caution Island, Charcoal Island, The Eckholms, Elovoi Island, Emgeten Island, Entrance Islet, Error Island, Fankuda Islet, Fragrant Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Galankin Island, Galkin Island, Glagolm Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Golf Island, Goloi Island, Golovni Island, Gornoi Island, Gull Islet, Gunboat Rock, Hanus Islet, Harbor Island, Ilput Island, Impassible Island, Jacknife Islands, Jacob Rock, Japonski Island, John Rock, Jug Island, Kaiuchali Island, Kamennoi Island, Kanga Island, Kayak Islands, Kirbas Island, Kirushkin Island, Kita Island, Kliuchevoi Island, Koka Island, Kolash Island, Korga Island, Kulichkof Rock, Kutkan Island, Lava Island, Legma Island, Liesnoi Island, Liesnoi Island, Little Biorka Island, Little Wrangell Island, Long Island, Love Island, Low Island, Luce Island, Maid Island, Makhnati Island, McClellan Group, Mertz Island, Mogilnoi Island, Morne Island, Naerie Rock, Nameless Island, Nepovorotni Rocks, Nevski Island, North Rock, Obsechki Island, Passage Islands, Peisar Island, Pishak Island, Pritchard Rock, Rachek Island, Rashimosti Island, Road Island, Rockwell Island, Rockwell Island, Rogers Island, Round Island, Sasedni Island, Sheep Island, Signal Island, Smith Island, Sosnovoi Island, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Surf Rock, Taigud Island, Tava Island, Terbilon Island, Tiurpa Island, Torsar Island, Turning Island, Ulinoi Island, Unishka Island, Urilof Island, Vasilief Rock, Viesokoi Rock, Virublennoi Island, Vitskari Island, Vitskari Rocks, Volga Island, Whale Island, Wrangell Island, Zenobia Rock,

Mountains:

Camel Mountain, Mount Kinkaid, Mount Kliuchef,

Streams:

Kizhuchia Creek,

Routes:

Mount Edgecumbe Trail,

Cities:

Goddard,