Information About

Faust Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Faust Island on The Map

Location

57 ° 48' 24.998" N,
134 ° 3' 36" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Angoon

Part of

Alexander Archipelago

Elevation

46 ft (14.02 m)

Faust Island in Detail.

About

in Seymour Canal, 28 mi. NE of Angoon, on E coast of Admiralty I., Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1890 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN), for Ensign W. G. Faust, U.S. Navy (USN), a member of his party. The name was published in 1892 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 8300.

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 Faust Island
Bars:

Beacon Rock, Rasp Ledge,

Bays:

Fool Inlet, 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, Station Point, Staunch Point, Point Styleman, Twin Point,

Channels:

Seymour Canal,

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, Everett Peak, Fillmore Peak, Morse Peak, Randolph Peak, Washburn Peak, Webster Peak, Wheeler Peak, Yeek-Sha Mountain,

Rivers:

Mole River, Whiting River,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Mist Creek,

Routes:

Lake Alexander Trail, Hasselborg-Beaver Trail, Hasselborg-Guerin Trail, Hasselborg-McKinney Trail,