Alaska Gazetteer
Ward Cove is a physical feature (bay) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. The primary coordinates for Ward Cove places it within the AK 99901 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Ward Cove |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | extends NE off Tongass Narrows, on the SW coast of Revillagigedo I., Alex. Arch. |
| History: | Named in the 1880's by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for one of the officers of the U.S.S. Patterson, the first Coast Survey ship to enter Alaska waters in 1884. |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.4013900757 |
| Longitude: | -131.728881836 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ward Cove: Ward Cove.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Ward Cove does not include property ownership information.
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Ketchikan, AK
(5.3 miles SE) Saxman, AK (7.7 miles SE) |
Loring, AK
(14.4 miles NNE) Metlakatla, AK (19.8 miles SSE) |
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Ward Cove, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Refuge Cove, AK (< 0.1 mile) |
Peninsula Point, AK
(1.4 miles S) Mud Bay, AK (1.9 miles NW) |
