Information About

Sebree Island

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 45' 46.001" N,
136 ° 9' 25.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Elevation

282 ft (85.95 m)

Sebree Island in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, at mouth of Muir Inlet, 0.5 mi. SW of Caroline Point and 52 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named about 1890 for Commander Uriel Sebree, 1848-1922, U.S. Navy (USN). He was on the Arctic Relief Expedition in 1873 and the Greely Relief Expedition in 1884. The feature was called "Headland Island" by Cushing (1891, p. 228).

Topo Maps

Mt. Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1948), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mount Fairweather D-1 (1954), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-1 SE (2017),

Places Near Sebree Island

Archipelagos:

Marble Islands,

Bars:

Caroline Shoal,

Bays:

Adams Inlet, Fingers Bay, Glacier Bay, Goose Cove, Hunter Cove, Johnson Cove, Maquinna Cove, Muir Inlet, North Sandy Cove, Nunatak Cove, Sandy Cove, Sebree Cove, Shag Cove, South Sandy Cove, Spokane Cove, Stump Cove, Tidal Inlet, Tyndall Cove, Wachusett Inlet,

Capes:

Point McLeod, Point George, Caroline Point, Muir Point, Rowlee Point, Saint James Point, Tlingit Point,

Channels:

Whidbey Passage,

Glaciers:

Andrews Glacier, Dirt Glacier, Dying Glacier (historical), Morse Glacier, Patton Glacier, Plateau Glacier,

Hills:

Curtis Hills, Klotz Hills, Knob I,

Islands:

Boulder Island, Drake Island, Flapjack Island, Francis Island, Garforth Island, Geikie Rock, Leland Islands, Lone Island, North Marble Island, Puffin Island, Sealers Island, Sebree Island, South Marble Island, Sturgess Island, Willoughby Island,

Mountains:

Mount Cadell, Mount Case, Mount Kloh Kutz, Knob G, Knob H, Marble Mountain, Pyramid Peak, Tlingit Peak, Mount Wright,

Ridges:

Idaho Ridge, Oberlin Ridge,

Streams:

Forest Creek, Wolf Creek,

Valleys:

Dirt Gulch, Ice Valley,