Alaska Gazetteer
George Rock is a physical feature (bar) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for George Rock places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | George Rock |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bar |
| Description: | in Stephens Passage, 1 mi. NW of Outer Point on W end of Douglas I. and 10 mi. W of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | Named in 1880 by Commander L. A. Beardslee, U.S. Navy (USN), presumably for Captain William E. George, an English pilot who came to Alaska in 1868 and was master of some of the early passenger steamers and a frequent visitor to Juneau after the town was founded (DeArmond, 1957, p. 21). Name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 174). |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.3155555725 |
| Longitude: | -134.697784424 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for George Rock: George Rock.
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 George Rock does not include property ownership information.
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