Alaska Gazetteer
Graves Harbor is a physical feature (bay) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Graves Harbor |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | in Glacier Bay National Monument, on Gulf of Alaska, 49 mi. NW of Hoonah, St Elias Mts. 4 miles long. |
| History: | Named by US@C&GS in 1901 for Herbert Cornelius Graves, 1869-1919, civil engineer. He was born in Virginia and was a railroad and land surveyor, 1889-95. In 1895 he became a nautical expert with the U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office and later with US@C&GS. In 1915 he was appointed Chief of Hydrography and Topography, US@C&GS, and supervised the compilation of the Coast Pilots of the United States and Alaska. |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.2791671753 |
| Longitude: | -136.729446411 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Graves Harbor: Graves Harbor.
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 Graves Harbor does not include property ownership information.
