Information About

Scull Island

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 12' 15.998" N,
134 ° 38' 35.002" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Juneau

Part of

Alexander Archipelago

Scull Island in Detail.

About

in Stephens Passage, 3.3 mi. NW of Point Young on Admiralty I. and 11 mi. SW of Juneau, Alex Arch.

History

Named in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), and published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 172). Called "Scull Islet" by Baker (1906, p. 556).

Scull Island Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Scull Island.

Topo Maps

Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau (1951), Juneau A-2 (1951), Juneau A-2 (1951), Juneau A-2 (1951), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau (1962), Juneau A-2 NW (1986), Juneau A-2 (1996), Juneau A-2 NW (2017),
Places Near Scull Island
Cities:

Auke, Fish Creek, New Boston,

Bars:

Battleship Reef, Dornin Rock, Favorite Reef, George Rock, Gibby Rock, Horse Shoal, Mendenhall Bar,

Bays:

Adams Anchorage, Admiralty Cove, Auke Bay, Auke Nu Cove, Fritz Cove, Game Cove, Hawk Inlet, Indian Cove, Lena Cove, Piledriver Cove, Pileriver Cove, Smugglers Cove, Young Bay,

Beaches:

Young Beach,

Capes:

Auke Cape, Entrance Point, False Arden, Hawk Point, Point Hilda, Hut Point, Indian Point, Inner Point, Point Lena, Point Louisa, Mansfield Peninsula, Point Marsden, Mendenhall Peninsula, Middle Point, Norway Point, Outer Point, Piling Point, Spaulding Point, Spuhn Point, Point Stephens, Sunny Point, Symonds Point, Point Young,

Dams:

Nugget Creek Dam, Switzer Creek Number 2 Dam,

Hills:

Pederson Hill, Tolch Rock,

Islands:

Battleship Island, Coghlan Island, Colt Island, Douglas Island, Horse Island, Indian Island, Portland Island, Scull Island, Shaman Island, Shelter Island, Spuhn Island, Strauss Rock, Suedla Island,

Lakes:

Auke Lake, Cropley Lake, Dredge Lake, Nugget Creek, Young Lake,

Mine:

Alaska Empire Mine, Lemon Creek Pit,

Mountains:

Mount Anderson, Auke Mountain, Mount Ben Stewart, Eagle Peak, Lone Mountain, Mount Meek, Mount Robert Barron, Saddle Mountain, Snowy Mountain, Table Top Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Mount Troy,

Parks:

Auke Recreation Area,

Ridges:

Heintzleman Ridge,

Rivers:

Mendenhall River,

Streams:

Admiralty Creek, Arastra Creek, Auke Creek, Auke Nu Creek, Bay Creek, Bear Creek, Canyon Creek, Cove Creek, Duck Creek, Eagle Creek, Elevenmile Creek, Fall Creek, Falls Creek, Fish Creek, Fowler Creek, Grant Creek, Greens Creek, Hendrickson Creek, Hilda Creek, Johnson Creek, Jordan Creek, Kowee Creek, Lake Creek, Lemon Creek, Lena Creek, Montana Creek, Neilson Creek, Ninemile Creek, Peterson Creek, Salmon Creek, Sawmill Creek, Steep Creek, Stink Creek, Switzer Creek, Tee Creek, Vista Creek, Waydelich Creek, Wheeler Creek,

Routes:

Bear Creek Trail, Lemon Creek Trail, Moller Ski Trail, Nugget Creek Trail, Peterson Creek Trail, Rainforest Trail, Spaulding Trail, Young Lake Trail,

Valleys:

Impregnable Basin, Mendenhall Valley,

Cities:

Auke Bay, Fairhaven, Hawk Inlet, Lemon Creek, Lena Beach, Mendenhall Valley, Mendenhaven, Tee Harbor, Vanderbilt Hill, West Juneau,