59 ° 43' 10.999" N,
139 ° 33' 45" W
Yakutat
171 ft (52.12 m)
on E shore of Yakutat Bay, 12 mi. NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.
HistoryNamed "Knight's Island" in 1794 by Lieutenant Peter Puget (in Vancouver, 1798, v. 3, p. 226), RN, probably for Sir John Knight, RN, who had been a fellow prisoner with Lieutenant W. R. Broughton, commander of the Chatham, in America in 1777, during the Revolutionary War (Wagner, 1937, p. 394). It was called "O(strov) Dalniy," meaning "distant island," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 7), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and "Dalni Island" by W. H. Dall in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 210).
Hubbard Glacier Geological Area,
Bars:Gilbert Spit, New Reefs, Prince Shoal, Tick Shoal, Tzuse Shoal, Village Shoal,
Bays:The Lagoon, Ahduck Bay, Black Duck Bay, Broken Oar Cove, Chicago Harbor, Deep Bay, Eleanor Cove, Gonakadetseat Bay, Graveyard Cove, Humpback Cove, Puget Cove, Redfield Cove, Sawmill Cove, Sea Otter Bay, Shipyard Cove,
Beaches:Capes:Point Turner, Point Latouche, Arrecifes Point, Hatchet Point, Kooisk Point, Northeast Point, Puget Peninsula, Pyramid Point,
Channels:Canoe Pass, Hatchet Pass, Johnstone Passage, Yakutat Roads,
Cities:Cliffs:Glaciers:Alexander Glacier, Hendrickson Glacier, Henry Glacier, Latouche Glacier, McCarty Glacier, Rasmuson Glacier,
Islands:Canoe Island, Doggie Island, Dolgoi Island, Fitzgerald Island, Gregson Island, Khantaak Island, Knight Island, Kriwoi Island, Krutoi Island, Neeg Island, Otmeloi Island, Tla-xagh Island,
Lakes:Mountain Lake, Lake Redfield, Situk Lake, Summit Lake, Summit Lakes,
Mountains:Mount Alexander, Mount Hendrickson, Mount Hoorts, Mount Mallott, Mount McCarty, Mount Rasmuson, Mount Tebenkof,
Rivers:Old Situk River, West Fork Situk River,
Streams:Aquadulce Creek, Calahonda Creek, Esker Stream, Humpback Creek, Indian Camp Creek, Onklat Creek, Ophir Creek,
Routes:Mountain Lake Trail Yakutat, Situk Lake Trail, Situk River Trail,
