Information About

Gourd Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Gourd Island on The Map

Location

54 ° 56' 21.998" N,
133 ° 8' 39.001" W

Region

Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)

Nearest City

Craig

Part of

Alexander Archipelago

Gourd Island in Detail.

About

at mouth of Waterfall Bay, on W coast of Dall I., Alex. Arch. 1700 feet long.

History

Descriptive name given in 1927 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) because of the shape of the island resembling a gourd.

Topo Maps

Dixon Entrance D-4 (1948), Dixon Entrance (1951), Dixon Entrance D-4 (1951), Dixon Entrance (1959), Dixon Entrance (1959), Dixon Entrance (1959), Dixon Entrance (1959),
Places Near Gourd Island
Bars:

Low Rock,

Bays:

Port Bazan, Augustine Bay, Baldy Bay, Breezy Bay, Camp Cove, Coco Harbor, Fisherman Cove, Foul Bay, Gold Harbor, Gooseneck Harbor, Green Inlet, Hook Arm, Manhattan Arm, Manhattan Arm Sea Otter Harbor, Rose Inlet, Sakie Bay, Sea Otter Harbor, View Cove, Waterfall Bay, Welcome Cove, Windy Cove,

Capes:

Point Bazan, Beak Point, Bruin Point, Cape Augustine, Cape Lookout, Cape Magdalena, Clear Point, Eolus Point, Francis Point, Gooseneck Point, Juel Point, Parrot Point, Reef Point, Ritter Point, Rockwell Point, Rose Point, Sakie Point, Solyanka Point, Way Point, Welcome Point,

Channels:

Tlevak Strait,

Cliffs:

High Point,

Islands:

Black Rock, Camp Island, Channel Island, Clam Island, Corlies Islands, Dall Island, Devil Island, Dolgoi Island, Entrance Island, Entrance Island, Gate Island, Gourd Island, Middle Island, Nellag Island, Reef Island, Reef Islands, Sangao Island, Table Rock,

Lakes:

Devil Lake, Little Devil Lake, Manhattan Lake, Waterfall Lake, Lake Welcome,

Mountains:

Bear Mountain, Cone Mountain, Cone Mountain, Grace Mountain, Squaw Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Twin Peaks, Mount Vesta, White Mountain,

Pillars:

Hattie Rock,