Information About

Woody Point

Woody Point

Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 16 ft (4.88 m)
About

N point of entrance to Whitewater Bay, on W coast of Admiralty I. 15 mi. NE of Baranof, Alex. Arch.

History of Woody Point

Descriptive name given in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 174) with this note: "In SE Alaska all points are woody, and about one-third of them have been named so, to the great confusion of hydrographers."