Alaska Gazetteer
Fulton Peak is a physical feature (summit) in Petersburg Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Fulton Peak |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | N of Frederick Sound, 3 mi. W of Purt Point Lake and 94 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts. |
| History: | Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C. M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Robert Fulton, 1765-1815, American inventor, engineer, and painter, who built the Clermont, the first commercially successful American steamboat, launched in 1807. The name was published in 1889 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). |
| Borough: | Petersburg Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.0725898743 |
| Longitude: | -132.991333008 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Fulton Peak: Fulton Peak.
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 Fulton Peak does not include property ownership information.
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Kupreanof, AK
(17.8 miles S) |
Petersburg, AK
(18.2 miles S) |
| Doyhof, AK (19.8 miles S) |
