Description
Point Couverden is located on SE end of Couverden I., at mouth of Lynn Canal, 7 mi. SW of Funter and 24 mi. SW of Juneau; St. Elias Mts.
History
observed by Josph Whidbey, July 13, 1794, and named by Captain Vancouver (1789, v. 3, p. 245), RN, for Couverden, England, the home of his ancestors. map 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), transliterated the English anme as "M(ys) Kouverden."