Information About

Netland Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Netland Island on The Map

Location

58 ° 32' 15" N,
136 ° 8' 38" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Gustavus

Elevation

16 ft (4.88 m)

Netland Island in Detail.

About

at mouth of Berg Bay, Glacier Bay National Monument, 0.3 mi. NW of Lars I. and 39 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1939 for Lars Netland, 1869-1934, a member of the U.S. Section of the International Boundary Commission (IBC) from 1904-10. Netland aided in the reconnaissance survey of Berg Bay in 1907.