Information About

George Island

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 12' 0" N,
136 ° 23' 44.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Part of

George Islands

Elevation

125 ft (38.1 m)

George Island in Detail.

About

in George Is., in Cross Sound, at mouth of Port Althorp, 36 mi. NW of Hoonah, Alex. Arch. 1 mile long.

History

Named by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1880 and published in the 1883 Alaska Coast Pilot, p. 187.

Topo Maps

Mount Fairweather A-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather A-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather A-2 (1948), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather A-2 NE (2017),

Places Near George Island

Archipelagos:

George Islands, Inian Islands,

Bars:

Dad Rock, Seiners Rock, South Rock,

Basins:

Bohemia Basin,

Bays:

The Hobbit Hole, Port Althorp, Bingham Cove, Cross Sound, Dundas Bay, Earl Cove, Elfin Cove, Fern Harbor, Granite Cove, Hoktaheen Cove, Idaho Inlet, Inian Cove, Lacy Cove, Lisianski Inlet, Mite Cove, Mosquito Cove, Salt Chuck Bay, Soapstone Cove, Surge Bay, Surge Bay, Taylor Bay,

Capes:

Point Lucan, Althorp Peninsula, Cape Bingham, Column Point, Point Dundas, False Point, Inian Peninsula, Point Lavinia, Rock Point, Soapstone Point, Point Wimbledon,

Channels:

Middle Pass, Mosquito Pass, North Inian Pass, South Inian Pass,

Cliffs:

Ewe Ledge,

Dams:

Excursion Inlet Cannery Dam,

Islands:

Althorp Rock, Gaff Rock, George Island, Inian Island, Junction Island, Miner Island, Mite Island, Shaw Island, Shaw Islands, Taylor Island, Three Hill Island, Yakobi Island, Yakobi Rock,

Lakes:

Hoktaheen Lake, Surge Lake,

Mine:

Goldwin Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Althorp, Basalt Knob, Bingham Peak, Crag Mountain, Craig Mountain, Vein Mountain, Wedge Mountain, White Cap Mountain,

Rivers:

Dundas River,

Streams:

Bohemia Creek, Fault Creek, Fox Creek, Hoktaheen Creek, Margret Creek, Meadow Creek,

Cities:

Elfin Cove,