Information About

Wheeler Peak

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 47' 24" N,
133 ° 56' 34.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Elevation

2657 ft (809.85 m)

Wheeler Peak in Detail.

About

on Glass Peninsula on Admiralty I., 2 mi. SW of Point Glass and 38 mi. SE of Juneau, Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), probably for Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, who made extensive surveys of the United States west of the 100th meridian.

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 Wheeler Peak

Bars:

Beacon Rock, Rasp Ledge,

Bays:

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, Sentinel Point, Snettisham Peninsula, 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:

Buck Lake, Doe Lake, Pleasant Bay Lake,

Mine:

Friday Mine, Whigg Placer Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Distik, Everett Peak, Morse Peak, Randolph Peak, Washburn Peak, Wheeler Peak, Yeek-Sha Mountain,

Rivers:

Mole River, Whiting River,

Streams:

Anmer Creek, Bear Creek, Mist Creek,

Routes:

Lake Alexander Trail,