Information About

Sumdum Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 42' 15.998" N,
133 ° 27' 36" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Part of

Alexander Archipelago

Elevation

289 ft (88.09 m)

Sumdum Island in Detail.

About

in Endicott Arm, 8 mi. SE of Harbor I., and 54 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.

History

Tlingit Indian name published as "Soundon" in 1869 by U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office; the island was called "Sumdum Island" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 168). Locally, it was known as "Fox Island" because of a fox ranch there.

Topo Maps

Sumdum C-5 (1948), Sumdum C-5 (1951), Sumdum C-5 (1951), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum C-5 NE (2017),

Places Near Sumdum Island

Cities:

Archipelagos:

Bars:

Bays:

Dry Bay, Endicott Arm, Holkham Bay, Sand Bay, Sanford Cove, Tracy Arm, Williams Cove, Windham Bay,

Capes:

Point Lookout, Point Astley, Point League, Rock Point, Point Windham,

Channels:

Glaciers:

Sumdum Glacier,

Islands:

Bushy Islands, Harbor Island, Round Islet, Sumdum Island, Sunset Island,

Lakes:

Icefall Lake, Taylor Lake,

Locales:

Mine:

First Basin Mine,

Mountains:

Rivers:

Streams:

Powers Creek, Slate Creek, Spruce Creek, Sylvia Creek, Taylor Creek,

Routes:

Windham Bay Trail,