Information About

Knob H

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Knob H on The Map

Location

58 ° 52' 30" N,
136 ° 2' 44.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Haines

Elevation

735 ft (224.03 m)

Knob H in Detail.

About

in Glacier Bay National Monument, 3.5 mi. SE of Point McLeod and 57 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named by members of the American Geographical Society's Glacier Bay Expedition of 1941 (Field, 1947, map) for H. F. Reid's triangulation station "H" of 1890 and 1892 which was located there (Reid, 1892, pl. 14). It was also known as "The Mouse" by tourists in the 1880's.