Information About

Haenke Island

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 58' 10.999" N,
139 ° 32' 15" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

272 ft (82.91 m)

Haenke Island in Detail.

About

in Disenchantment Bay near head of Yakutat Bay and 30 mi. NE of Yakutat; St. Elias Mts.

History

named in 1791 by Captain Alessandro Malaspina (Galiano, 1802, map 9) for Thaddeus Haenke, botanist and naturalist with Malaspina's expedition.

Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat D-5 (1959), Yakutat D-5 (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat D-5 NE (2017),
Places Near Haenke Island
Areas:

Hubbard Glacier Geological Area,

Bars:

New Reef,

Bays:

Disenchantment Bay, Russell Fiord,

Beaches:

Logan Beach,

Capes:

Point Latouche, Bancas Point, Marble Point,

Cliffs:

Logan Bluffs,

Glaciers:

Alexander Glacier, Black Glacier, Galiano Glacier, Haenke Glacier, Hendrickson Glacier, Henry Glacier, Latouche Glacier, McCarty Glacier, Miller Glacier, Turner Glacier, Valerie Glacier, Variegated Glacier,

Islands:

Haenke Island, Osier Island,

Mountains:

Mount Alexander, Gilbert Point, Mount Hendrickson, Mount McCarty, Mount Rasmuson,

Streams:

Aquadulce Creek, Calahonda Creek, Esker Stream, Indian Camp Creek,