Information About

Woody Point

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Woody Point on The Map

Location

57 ° 16' 18.998" N,
134 ° 36' 51.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Angoon

Elevation

16 ft (4.88 m)

Woody Point in Detail.

About

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

History

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."

Topo Maps

Sitka B-2 (1948), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka B-2 (1951), Sitka B-2 (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka B-2 (2000), Sitka B-2 SW (2017),
Places Near Woody Point
Cities:

Hood Bay, Killisnoo,

Bars:

Coleman Reef, Healy Rock, Lone Rock, Russian Reef,

Bays:

Chaik Bay, Echo Cove, Favorite Bay, Hood Bay, Killisnoo Harbor, Kootznahoo Roads, Takatz Bay, Warm Spring Bay, Warm Springs Bay, Whitewater Bay, Wilson Cove,

Capes:

Point Lull, Point Turbot, Point Wilson, Point Caution, Black Point, Bluff Point, Cabin Point, Deer Point, Distant Point, East Point, Flag Point, House Point, North Point, Rocky Point, Rocky Point, Saginaw Point, Point Samuel, Sand Point, Shelter Point, Village Point, Woody Point,

Cliffs:

Bold Cliff, White Cliff,

Islands:

Killisnoo Island, Lone Tree Islet, North Island, Sand Island, Table Island, Takatz Islands, White Rock,

Lakes:

Salt Lagoon,

Mountains:

Bahovec Peak, Bahovec Peak, Table Mountain,

Cities:

Neltushkin,