Information About

Herbert Graves Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 40' 58.001" N,
136 ° 11' 46" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Part of

Alexander Archipelago

Elevation

167 ft (50.9 m)

Herbert Graves Island in Detail.

About

3 mi. W of Chichigof, on W coast of Chichagof I.; Alex. Arch.

History

named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Captain Herbert Cornelius Graves, 1869-1919, hydrographic and geodetic engineer of U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), who died in 1919 while in England on an important offical mission to that country. and Topography, was, for 5 years preceeding his death, in direct charge of U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) work in Alaska. the island, was reported by Overbeck (1919, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Topo Maps

Sitka C-7 (1948), Sitka C-7 (1951), Sitka C-7 (1951), Sitka C-7 (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka C-7 (1994), Sitka C-7 NW (2017),

Places Near Herbert Graves Island

Archipelagos:

Palmtree Islands, Porcupine Islands,

Bars:

Black Rock, Fran Reef, Frog Rock, Guide Rock, Ittar Rock, Khaz Breakers, Middle Breaker, Minnie Reef, Ninefoot Shoal, Outer Rocks, Snipe ock,

Bays:

Baker Cove, Bertha Bay, Black Bay, Constantine Cove, Davison Bay, Didrickson Bay, Double Cove, Elkugu Bay, Goulding Harbor, Ilin Bay, Islas Bay, Khaz Bay, Kimshan Cove, Klag Bay, Kukkan Bay, Little Bay, Lost Cove, Mirror Harbor, Pinta Bay, Porcupine Bay, Portlock Harbor, West Arm Mirror Harbor, Zhilo Cove,

Capes:

Point Partennoi, Point Razbitie, Point Lydonia, Point Shultz, Point Simonds, Point Weigle, Point Dougherty, Point Hope, Cape Dearborn, Cape Edward, Clearing Point, Copper Point, Division Point, Drip Point, Fox Point, Hogan Point, Khaz Head, Khaz Point, Maud Point, Pole Point, Quit Point, Rose Point, Round Point, Slope Point, Soloma Point, Takeena Peninsula, Trap Point, Vein Point,

Channels:

Caution Passage, Dry Pass, Elbow Passage, The Gate, Gig Pass, Imperial Passage, Kukkan Passage, Ogden Passage, Piehle Passage, Rough Channel, Smooth Channel, South Passage, Surveyor Passage, Tawak Passage,

Flats:

Hot Springs:

White Sulphur Springs,

Islands:

Baird Island, Beric Island, Black Island, Breaker Number Two, Brown Rock, Cormorant Island, Deuce Island, Dippy Island, Duck Island, Edward Islands, Elkugu Island, Fairway Rock, Fitz Island, Fleming Island, Grace Island, Granite Islands, Gray Rock, Gull Rock, Herbert Graves Island, Hill Island, Hogan Island, Kinky Island, Klag Island, Leo Island, Lock Island, Lydonia Island, Middle Island, Myriad Islands, Oval Rock, Paulina Island, Peer Island, Pluma Island, Port Island, Post Island, Ramp Island, Rowe Island, Shale Island, Sholin Island, Skinner Island, Snag Island, Snipe Island, Snipe Rock, Steep Island, Sushilna Island, Tentree Island, Three Tree Island, Triplet Islands, Twin Island, Vorota Island, White Sisters, Winifred Island,

Lakes:

Lake Cunningham, Lake Morris, Lake Helen, Lake James, Lake Anna, Black Lake, Duck Lake, Lake Elfendahl, Goulding Lake, Goulding Lakes, Otter Lake, Sister Lake, Lake Smiley, Whitestripe Lake, Wild Rice Lake,

Mine:

Cobol Mine, Golden Hand Apex Mine, Hirst-Chichagof Mine (historical),

Mountains:

Mount Baker, Mount Barness, Big Chief Mountain, Mount Crowther, Cub Mountain, Doolth Mountain, Mount Douglas, Mount Drake, Flat Top Mountain, Freeburn Mountain, Mount Fritz, Goon Dip Mountain, Hirst Mountain, Mount Lydonia, Mine Mountain, North Mountain, Pinnacle Mountain, Pinnacle Peak, Mount Pinta, Whitestripe Mountain, Williams Hill,

Mountain Passes:

Fleming Channel, Sea Level Slough, West Arm,

Pillars:

Rivers:

Black River, Goon Dip River, Goulding River, Lisianski River, Porcupine River, Stag River, Steelhead River, Stranger River,

Streams:

Chichagof Creek, Falls Creek, Marble Creek, Rust Creek,

Routes:

Dry Pass Trail, Mine Mountain Trail,