Information About

Coghlan Island

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 21' 11.999" N,
134 ° 41' 49.999" W

Region

Juneau

Nearest City

Juneau

Part of

Auke Bay

Length

1.01 mi (1.63 km)

Elevation

190 ft (57.91 m)

Coghlan Island in Detail.

Getting There


About

in Stephens Passage, at entrance to Auke Bay, 1.2 mi. S of Fairhaven and 11 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts. 1 mile long.


History

Named in 1885 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Commander Joseph Bullock Coghlan (1843-19 08), who commanded the U.S.S. Adams in a survey of this area in 1883-1884 (DeArmond, 1957, p. 12).

Coghlan Island Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Coghlan Island.

Places Near Coghlan Island
Cities:

Auke, Fish Creek,

Archipelagos:

Barlow Islands,

Bars:

Battleship Reef, Cohen Reef, Dornin Rock, Eagle Reef, Favorite Reef, George Rock, Gibby Rock, Horse Shoal, Mendenhall Bar,

Basins:

Lower Basin,

Bays:

Adams Anchorage, Admiralty Cove, Amalga Harbor, Auke Bay, Auke Nu Cove, Barlow Cove, Coot Cove, Crab Cove, Curlew Ledge, Eagle Harbor, Fritz Cove, Funter Bay, Halibut Cove, Hand Trollers Cove, Huffman Harbor, Indian Cove, Lena Cove, Pearl Harbor, Shelter Cove, Smugglers Cove, Tee Harbor, Young Bay,

Beaches:

Eagle Beach, Young Beach,

Capes:

Auke Cape, Barlow Point, Entrance Point, False Arden, Point Hilda, Hut Point, Indian Point, Inner Point, Inspiration Point, Point Lena, Point Louisa, Mansfield Peninsula, Mendenhall Peninsula, Middle Point, Outer Point, Piling Point, Spaulding Point, Spuhn Point, Point Stephens, Sunny Point, Symonds Point, Point Young,

Channels:

Favorite Channel, Saginaw Channel,

Cliffs:

The Breadline,

Dams:

Nugget Creek Dam, Switzer Creek Number 2 Dam,

Glaciers:

Herbert Glacier, Mendenhall Glacier,

Hills:

Pederson Hill, Tolch Rock,

Islands:

Aaron Island, Bare Island, Barlow Island, Battleship Island, Benjamin Island, Bird Island, Coghlan Island, Cohen Island, Colt Island, Douglas Island, Gauge Island, Gull Island, Horse Island, Indian Island, Kishbrock Island, Ledge Island, Portland Island, Rat Island, Scull Island, Shaman Island, Shelter Island, Spuhn Island, Star Rock, Strauss Rock, Suedla Island,

Lakes:

Auke Lake, Cropley Lake, Dredge Lake, Mendenhall Lake, Nugget Creek, Peterson Lake, Salt Lake, Shelter Lake, Windfall Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Anderson, Auke Mountain, Mount Ben Stewart, Bullard Mountain, Mount Ernest Gruening, Glacier Grub Tower, Green Mountain, Lone Mountain, McGinnis Mountain, Mount Meek, Mount Robert Barron, Saddle Mountain, Snowy Mountain, Stroller White Mountain, Table Top Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Treasury Hill, Mount Wrather,

Parks:

Auke Recreation Area, Funter Bay State Marine Park, Shelter Island State Marine Park,

Ridges:

Mendenhall Towers,

Rivers:

Eagle River, Herbert River, Mendenhall River,

Streams:

Admiralty Creek, Arastra Creek, Auke Creek, Auke Nu Creek, Bay Creek, Bear Creek, Boulder Creek, Cove Creek, Duck Creek, Elevenmile Creek, Fall Creek, Fish Creek, Fowler Creek, Goose Creek, Hendrickson Creek, Hilda Creek, Johnson Creek, Jordan Creek, Lake Creek, Lemon Creek, Lena Creek, McGinnis Creek, Montana Creek, Neilson Creek, Ninemile Creek, Nugget Creek, Peterson Creek, Peterson Creek, Shrine Creek, Slate Creek, Steep Creek, Switzer Creek, Tee Creek, Tenk Creek, Tusta Creek, Vista Creek, Waydelich Creek, Windfall Creek,

Routes:

Amalga Trail, Bear Creek Trail, Herbert Glacier Trail, Mount McGinnis Trail, Montana Creek Trail, Nugget Creek Trail, Peterson Creek Trail, Rainforest Trail, Spaulding Trail, West Glacier Trail, Windfall Lake Trail, Yankee Basin Trail, Young Lake Trail,

Valleys:

Mendenhall Valley, Prairie Basin,

Cities:

Auke Bay, Dobson Landing, Fairhaven, Funter, Lemon Creek, Lena Beach, Mendenhall Valley, Mendenhaven, Saint Terese, Tee Harbor, Vanderbilt Hill,