Information About

Grass Island

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 34' 19.999" N,
145 ° 46' 52" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Cordova

Grass Island in Detail.

About

E of Hawkins I., in Orca Inlet, 2 mi. NW of Cordova, Chugach Mts.

History

Named by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), during his cruise aboard the Fish Commission steamer Albatross along the south coast of Alaska in 1897.

Topo Maps

Cordova (1948), Cordova (1948), Cordova C-5 (1951), Cordova C-5 (1951), Cordova C-5 (1951), Cordova C-5 (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova C-5 (1953), Cordova C-5 (1953), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova C-5 SW (1983), Cordova C-5 (2000), Cordova C-5 SW (2014),
Places Near Grass Island
Cities:

Eyak,

Bars:

Fleming Spit, Gatherer Rock, Government Rock, North Rock, Shag Rock, South Rock, Twin Rocks,

Bays:

Alice Cove, Deep Bay, Eccles Lagoon, Hartney Bay, Hidden Cove, Middle Arm, Mud Bay, Nelson Bay, Odiak Slough, Shipyard Bay, Simpson Bay, Three Mile Bay, Windy Bay,

Capes:

Point Whitshed, Big Point, Bluff Point, Bomb Point, Fox Point, Gravel Point, Knot Point, Saddle Point, Salmo Point, Shepard Point,

Channels:

Egg Island Channel, The Narrows, Odiak Channel, Orca Channel, Orca Inlet, Western Channel,

Cities:

Cordova,

Dams:

Apw Dam Number 1, APW Dam Number 2, Eyak Lake Dam, Humpback Creek Number 1 Dam, Humpback Creek Number 2 Dam, Humpback Creek Number 3 Dam, Meals Lake Dam,

Islands:

Boy Scout Island, Channel Islands, Egg Islands, Grass Island, Hanks Island, Mavis Island, North Island, Observation Island, Spike Island,

Lakes:

Crater Lake, Eyak Lake, Hole-in-the-wall, Ibeck Pond, Meals Lake, Milton Lake, Odiak Lagoon, Sahlin Lagoon, Sahlin Lake, Scout Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Eccles, Mount Eyak, Heney Peak, Mount Robert Korn, Mount Shiels, Snyder Mountain, Tripod Hill,

Mountain Passes:

Center Slough, Joe Reeves Slough, Johnson Slough,

Mountain Ranges:

Heney Range,

Rivers:

Eyak River, Rude River, Sheep River,

Streams:

Boulder Creek, Currin Slough, Deep Creek, Eccles Creek, Fleming Creek, Government Slough, Hartney Creek, Heney Creek, Humpback Creek, Ibeck Creek, Koppen Creek, Lydick Slough, Mountain Slough, Nicolet Creek, Orca Creek, Parson Falls Creek, Power Creek, Raging Creek, Robinson Falls Creek, Rogue Creek, Sahlin Creek, Simpson Creek, Snyder Falls Creek, Wesley Falls Creek, Windy Creek,

Routes:

Eyak Trail,

Cities:

Crystal Falls, Orca, Whitshed,

Waterfalls:

Ohman Falls, Sahlin Falls,