Information About

Washburn Peak

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 49' 22.001" N,
133 ° 58' 46.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Elevation

3091 ft (942.14 m)

Washburn Peak in Detail.

About

NW of Wheeler Peak on Glass Peninsula, Admiraltt I., 36 mi. SE of Juneau, Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), probably for Cadwallader Colden Washburn, 1818-1882, a major general in the Union Army in the Civil War, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, 1867-71, and Governor of Wisconsin, 1872-74.

Topo Maps

Sumdum D-6 (1948), Sumdum D-6 (1951), Sumdum D-6 (1951), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1952), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum (1961), Sumdum D-6 SW (2017),

Places Near Washburn Peak

Bars:

Beacon Rock, Rasp Ledge,

Bays:

Limestone Inlet, Mole Harbor, Pleasant Bay, Short Finger Bay, Port Snettisham, Sore Finger Cove, Winning Cove,

Capes:

Point Anmer, Point Glass, Flaw Point, Glass Peninsula, Midway Point, Sharp Point, Station Point, Point Styleman, Twin Point,

Channels:

Seymour Canal, Stephens Passage,

Cliffs:

The Stone Wall,

Islands:

Buck Island, Bug Island, Dorn Island, Faust Island, Midway Islands, Mist Island, South Island, Tiedeman Island,

Lakes:

Lake Alexander, Buck Lake, Doe Lake, Islet Lake, Pine Lake, Pleasant Bay Lake,

Mine:

Friday Mine, Whigg Placer Mine,

Mountains:

Everett Peak, Fillmore Peak, Morse Peak, Randolph Peak, Washburn Peak, Webster Peak, Wheeler Peak, Yeek-Sha Mountain,

Rivers:

Mole River, Whiting River,

Streams:

Anmer Creek, Bear Creek, Limestone Creek, Mist Creek,

Routes:

Lake Alexander Trail,