Information About

The Ankau

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 32' 48.001" N,
139 ° 49' 16" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

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.

Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat C-5 (1959), Yakutat C-5 (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat C-5 SW (1987), Yakutat C-5 SW (1987), Yakutat C-5 (1996), Yakutat C-5 SW (2017),

Places Near The Ankau

Bars:

Gilbert Spit, Prince Shoal, Tick Shoal, Tzuse Shoal, Village Shoal,

Bays:

The Lagoon, Port Mulgrave, Ahduck Bay, Black Duck Bay, Broken Oar Cove, Deep Bay, Gonakadetseat Bay, Graveyard Cove, Monti Bay, Puget Cove, Rurik Harbor, Sawmill Cove, Sea Otter Bay, Shipyard Cove, Yakutat Bay,

Beaches:

Khantaak Beach,

Capes:

Point Munoz, Point Turner, Point Carrew, Ankau Head, Arrecifes Point, Hatchet Point, Northeast Point, Ocean Cape, Phipps Cape, Phipps Peninsula, Pyramid Point,

Channels:

The Ankau, Canoe Pass, Hatchet Pass, Johnstone Passage, Yakutat Roads,

Cities:

Islands:

Canoe Island, Doggie Island, Dolgoi Island, Fitzgerald Island, Gregson Island, Khantaak Island, Kriwoi Island, Krutoi Island, Otmeloi Island,

Lakes:

Aka Lake, Ankau Saltchucks, Kardy Lake, Laguna de la Frezas, Rocky Lake, Summit Lake, Summit Lakes,

Rivers:

Streams:

Ophir Creek, T-awat Creek, Tawah Creek,