Information About

Russell Island

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 55' 39" N,
136 ° 49' 43" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Elevation

1060 ft (323.09 m)

Russell Island in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay, Glacier Bay National Monument, 2 mi. N of Ibach Point and 75 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by Field and Cooper (1937, pl. 1) for Israel Cook Russell, 1852-1906. See Russell Fiord.

Russell Island Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Russell Island.

Topo Maps

Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-3 (1961), Mount Fairweather D-3 (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-3 NE (2017),

Places Near Russell Island

Bays:

Johns Hopkins Inlet, Reid Inlet, Rendu Inlet, Scidmore Bay, Tarr Inlet,

Capes:

Confusion Point, Ibach Point, Jaw Point,

Glaciers:

Carroll Glacier, Gilman Glacier, Hugh Miller Glacier, Kashoto Glacier, Lamplugh Glacier, Reid Glacier, Rendu Glacier, Romer Glacier, Scidmore Glacier,

Islands:

Russell Island,

Mine:

Galena Mine, Sentinel Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Abdallah, Mount Barnard, Boundary Peak 159, Contact Nunatak, Mount Cooper, Gullied Peak, Mount Parker,

Parks:

Glacier Bay National Park,

Streams:

Ptarmigan Creek,