Information About

Triangle Island

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 57' 25.999" N,
136 ° 32' 3.998" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Triangle Island in Detail.

About

at N end of Queen Inlet, on Glacier Bay, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 1.7 mi. S of terminus of Carroll Glacier and 71 mi. NW of Hoonah , St. Elias Mts.

History

Named in 1892 by Reid (1896, pl. 86), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because of the shape of the island."

Topo Maps

Mt. Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather D-2 (1950), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather D-2 NW (2017),

Places Near Triangle Island

Bays:

Blue Mouse Cove, Glacier Bay, Hugh Miller Inlet, Queen Inlet, Rendu Inlet, Scidmore Bay, Tidal Inlet,

Capes:

Gilbert Peninsula,

Glaciers:

Andrews Glacier, Baldwin Glacier, Carroll Glacier, Cushing Glacier, Hugh Miller Glacier, Loomis Glacier, Morse Glacier, Muir Glacier, Plateau Glacier, Romer Glacier, Scidmore Glacier, Twin Glacier,

Islands:

Composite Island, Triangle Island,

Lakes:

Vivid Lake,

Mountains:

Black Cap Mountain, Mount Cadell, Gable Mountain, Mount Merriam, Sentinel Peak, Mount Wordie,

Ridges:

Bruce Hills, Emerson Peaks,