Information About

Dorn Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 46' 53" N,
134 ° 2' 51" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Angoon

Part of

Alexander Archipelago

Elevation

33 ft (10.06 m)

Dorn Island in Detail.

About

in Seymour Canal, 27 mi. NE of Angoon, on E coast of Admiralty I., Alex. Arch. 1 mile long.

History

Named in 1890 by Lieutenant Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), for Lieutenant Edward J. Dorn, U.S. Navy (USN), a member of his party. The name was published in 1890 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).

Topo Maps

Sitka D-1 (1948), Sitka D-1 (1951), Sitka D-1 (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka D-1 SE (2017),

Places Near Dorn Island

Bars:

Beacon Rock, Rasp Ledge,

Bays:

Mole Harbor, Pleasant Bay, Short Finger Bay, Sore Finger Cove, Winning Cove,

Capes:

Point Anmer, Point Glass, Flaw Point, Glass Peninsula, Late Point, Midway Point, Staunch Point, Point Styleman, Twin Point,

Channels:

Seymour Canal, Stephens Passage,

Cliffs:

The Stone Wall,

Islands:

Buck Island, Bug Island, Dorn Island, Faust Island, Mist Island, South Island, Swan Island, Tiedeman Island, Windfall Island,

Lakes:

Lake Alexander, Beaver Lake, Buck Lake, Doe Lake, Islet Lake, Pine Lake, Pleasant Bay Lake,

Mountains:

Botany Peak, Mount Distik, Morse Peak, Randolph Peak, Washburn Peak, Wheeler Peak, Yeek-Sha Mountain, Yellow Bear Mountain,

Rivers:

Mole River, Whiting River,

Streams:

Anmer Creek, Bear Creek, Mist Creek,

Routes:

Lake Alexander Trail, Hasselborg-Beaver Trail,