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Pointe à la Hache
Pointe à la Hache
Populated Place
Plaquemines County · Louisiana
Description
Parish seat.
History
A French name meaning "hatchet point."
Nearby Features
Pointe a la Hache Census Designated Place
Census · 0.7 mi ESE
West Pointe A La Hache
Populated Place · 0.7 mi SW
Gravolet Revetment
Levee · 1.0 mi WNW
Diamond Revetment
Levee · 1.1 mi SSE
Martin
Populated Place · 1.4 mi SE
Bell Bayou
Lake · 1.5 mi NE
Gravolet Canal (historical)
Canal · 1.6 mi NW
Magnolia
Populated Place · 1.6 mi SSE
Beshel
Populated Place · 1.7 mi SE
Filipino (historical)
Populated Place · 1.7 mi SW
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.
Photos (where shown):
Wikidata
/
Wikimedia Commons
– individual licenses apply.
Printed map ordering:
MyTopo Map Store
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