Description
Hump Island is located on Lynn Canal, 1 mi. S of Lincoln I. and 23 mi. NW of Juneau, Alex. Arch.
History
Descriptive name given by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1869, due to its humped appearance, and published as "Hump Islet" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 194).