Information About

Rush Point

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 28' 1.999" N,
136 ° 4' 14.002" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Gustavus

Rush Point in Detail.

About

on W shore of Glacier Bay, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 0.6 mi. N of Ripple Cove, 34 mi. NW of hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

So named in 1892 by Reid (1896, p. 424) 1SGS, "because there is a ceaseless rush of tidal water flowing past the point."