Description
Greely Point is located on E shore of Taku Inlet near its mouth in Stephens Passage, 14 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History
Named in 1890 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN), for General Adolphus Washington Greely, 1844-1935, USA, who was a major during the Civil war and commanded the ill-fated International Polar Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay in 1881-1884. He was awarded several medals from American and European geographical societies for his achievements. He was also an author of several books on Alaska and the polar regions. Name was published by US@C&GS in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 153).