Information About

Willoughby Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Willoughby Island on The Map

Location

58 ° 35' 17.999" N,
136 ° 7' 7" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Gustavus

Elevation

1283 ft (391.06 m)

Willoughby Island in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 1.6 mi. E of Finders Bay 40 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by U.S. Navy in 1880 for Richard G. Willoughby, "an Alaskan pioneer" (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1883, p. 189).