Information About

The Five Fingers

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 17' 30.001" N,
133 ° 40' 14.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

The Five Fingers in Detail.

About

in S entrance to Stephens Passage, 5 mi. NW of Whitney I. and 67 mi. E of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History

Descriptive name given in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), " * * * perhaps on account of its appearance from certain points of view" (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 129).