Information About

Applegate Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Applegate Island on The Map

Location

60 ° 37' 31.001" N,
148 ° 8' 49.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Length

0.7 mi (1.13 km)

Elevation

102 ft (31.09 m)

Applegate Island in Detail.

About

off S tip of Culross I., in NE end of Port Nellie Juan, 22 mi. SE of Whittier, Chugach Mts. 0.7 mile wide.

History

Named in 1910 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for Samuel Applegate who discovered and mapped Port Nellie Juan in 1887. His report, "The third or Unalaska district," appears in the 1890 Census (1893, p. 81 to 90).

Topo Maps

Seward C-4 (1951), Seward C-4 (1951), Seward C-4 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward C-4 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward C-4 (1995),
Places Near Applegate Island
Bars:

Egg Rocks,

Bays:

Lake Bay, Port Nellie Juan, Blue Fiord, Cochrane Bay, Cove Shoestring, Culross Bay, Derickson Bay, Entry Cove, Eshamy Bay, Esther Bay, Falls Bay, Foul Bay, Goose Bay, Granite Bay, Hidden Bay, Long Bay, Main Bay, McClure Bay, Picturesque Cove, Pigot Bay, Quillian Bay, West Twin Bay, Ziegler Cove,

Capes:

Point Nowell, Point Perry, Point Pigot, Point Cochrane, Point Culross, Point Esther, Bush Point, Division Point, Hodgkins Point, Tipping Point,

Channels:

Culross Passage, Perry Passage, Wells Passage,

Dams:

West Gables Cannery Dam,

Islands:

Applegate Island, Culross Island, Esther Rock, Mink Island, Procession Rocks,

Lakes:

Cheimoviski Lake, Eshamy Lagoon, Eshamy Lake, Esther Lake, Ewan Lake, Falls Lake, Gunboat Lakes, Lake Jack, Rubber Boot Lake, Lake Shrode,

Mountains:

Eshamy Peak, Saddle Peak,

Parks:

South Esther Island State Marine Park, Ziegler Cove State Marine Park,

Streams:

Eshamy Creek, Grant Creek,