Douglass Island – Island in Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1421531

Location

State Alaska

County Prince of Wales-Hyder

Feature Class Island

Coordinates

DMS

54°45'33"N 132°20'41"W

Decimal Degrees

54.7591667, -132.3447222

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Dixon Entrance D-2 SE

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Klinkwan (historical)

9.1 mi N

Also Known As

Doluglas Island

Hydrography

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Description

In Cordova Bay, 4.8 km (3 mi) NW of Point Marsh.

History

Named for Chief Douglass, of the Hyda Indians, who lived on the island.

Nearby Features

Thompson Passage Channel · 0.8 mi N
Buschmann Pass Channel · 0.9 mi E
Mexico Point Cape · 1.0 mi W
Seagull Island Island · 1.3 mi SE
Hessa Island Island · 1.6 mi NNE
Eureka Channel Channel · 1.9 mi NW
Whirlpool Point Cape · 2.2 mi NE
Winter Bay Bay · 2.3 mi N
Hessa Narrows Channel · 2.3 mi NE
Far Point Cape · 2.6 mi NW

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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