Information About

South Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 58' 17" N,
134 ° 3' 18" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Juneau

Elevation

20 ft (6.1 m)

South Island in Detail.

About

in Stephens Passage, off E coast of Glass Peninsula, Admiralty I., 25 mi. SE of Juneau, Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 148).

Topo Maps

Sitka D-1 (1948), Sitka D-1 (1951), Sitka D-1 (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka D-1 NE (2017),

Places Near South Island

Bays:

Doty Cove, Fool Inlet, Limestone Inlet, Short Finger Bay, Slocum Inlet, Suicide Cove, Taku Harbor, Winning Cove,

Capes:

Point Anmer, Point Glass, Arden Point, Circle Point, Cove Point, False Arden, Glass Peninsula, Grave Point, Late Point, Station Point, Staunch Point, Stockade Point, Point Styleman, Twin Point,

Channels:

Seymour Canal, Stephens Passage,

Dams:

Taku Cannery Dam,

Islands:

Bug Island, Dorn Island, Faust Island, Grand Island, Mist Island, South Island, Swan Island, Tiedeman Island, Windfall Island,

Lakes:

Taku Lake,

Mountains:

Arthur Peak, Butler Peak, Everett Peak, Fillmore Peak, Irving Peak, Limestone Bluffs, Morse Peak, Randolph Peak, Steeple Peak, Taku Mountain, Washburn Peak, Webster Peak, Wheeler Peak, Williams Mountain,

Parks:

Taku Harbor State Marine Park,

Rivers:

Whiting River,

Streams:

Limestone Creek, Mist Creek,

Cities:

Taku Harbor,