Information About

Zip Rock

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Zip Rock on The Map

Location

58 ° 12' 24.998" N,
136 ° 39' 45" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Zip Rock in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, off N shore of Cross Sound, 0.5 mi. SW of mouth of Dicks Arm, 45 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1929 for the triangulation point Zip on the rock. The rock is useful as a land-mark for entering the harbor.