Information About

The Ankau

Quick Facts

Open in The Map The Ankau on The Map

Location

59 ° 32' 48.001" N,
139 ° 49' 16" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

The Ankau in Detail.

About

In Tongass National Forest, W end of Phipps Peninsula flows from Ankau Saltchucks E to S side of Monti Bay approximately 3 mi W of Yakutat, Amalspina Coastal Plain. 0.6 mile long.

History

Named "Estero del Ancau" by Captain Alessandro Malaspina, in 1791, after a Tlinkit Indian chief named Ancau (Galiano, 1802, map 8). According to dixon (1789, p. 172), "Ancau" means "chief" or "friend." Marcus Baker reversed the two names "Tawah" and "Ankau" in his Geographic Dictionary.