Information About

Swan Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 55' 53" N,
134 ° 14' 12.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Juneau

Elevation

873 ft (266.09 m)

Swan Island in Detail.

About

on E coast of Admiralty I., in Seymour Canal, 24 mi. S of Juneau, Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1890 by Lieutenant Commander Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 144).

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 NW (2017),

Places Near Swan Island

Areas:

Pack Creek Co-op Management Area, Pack Creek Research Natural Area,

Bays:

Doty Cove, Fool Inlet, King Salmon Bay, Oliver Inlet, Short Finger Bay, Slocum Inlet, Suicide Cove, Swan Cove, Windfall Harbor, Winning Cove,

Capes:

Circle Point, Cove Point, Grave Point, Late Point, Station Point, Staunch Point, Stockade Point,

Channels:

Seymour Canal,

Dams:

Taku Cannery Dam,

Islands:

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

Lakes:

Buck Lake, Doe Lake, Sikady Lake, Slide Lake, Taku Lake,

Mountains:

Butler Peak, Irving Peak, Morse Peak, Randolph Peak, Taku Mountain,

Parks:

Oliver Inlet State Marine Park, Taku Harbor State Marine Park,

Rivers:

King Salmon River,

Streams:

Pack Creek,