Description
Polka Peninsula is located in Glacier Bay National Monument, 1.4 mi. NW of Point Villaluenga, on N shore of Grass Sound, 47 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.
History
Named by US@C&GS in 1929. The point of the peninsula is marked by triangulation station Shelf. The Russian word for shelf is polka, the name given to the peninsula.