Alaska Gazetteer
Powell Peak is a physical feature (summit) in Petersburg Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Powell Peak |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | 1 mi. W of head of Thomas Bay and 98 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts. |
| History: | Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander C.M. Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902, geologist and ethnologist; name published in 1888 by US@C&GS. Powell served as a major in the Union Army and professor of geology at Wesleyan College. He made the first geological and geographical survey of the Colorado River for the Smithsonian Institution in 1869. Later he was engaged in geological and ethnological studies in Arizona and Utah. He helped establish the U.S. Geological Survey in 1879 and was its director 1881-94. |
| Borough: | Petersburg Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.0917320251 |
| Longitude: | -132.861801147 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Powell Peak: Powell Peak.
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Kupreanof, AK
(19.7 miles SSW) |
Petersburg, AK
(19.7 miles S) |
