Alaska Gazetteer
Anchorage Point is a physical feature (cape) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Anchorage Point places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Anchorage Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | at S entrance to Pyramid Harbor, on W shore of Chilkat Inlet, 3.2 mi. NNWW of mouth of Ludaseska Creek, 20 mi. SSW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts.; |
| History: | "Called by the Russians ""M(ys) Yakorniy"", meaning ""anchor cape"" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1396 (1848). It was called Sand Point in 1868 by Commander Meade because ""it is the bed of an old glacier, low and composed of broken stones which from a distance appear like sand"". (1883 Coast Pilot, p. 197)." |
| Borough: | Haines Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.1755561829 |
| Longitude: | -135.471939087 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Anchorage Point: Anchorage Point.
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Mud Bay, AK
(3.6 miles ESE) Haines, AK (3.9 miles NNE) |
Lutak, AK
(11.9 miles NNW) |
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Port Chilkoot, AK
(3.9 miles NNE) Tanani, AK (6.6 miles N) |
