Alaska Gazetteer
Pearl Harbor is a physical feature (bay) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Pearl Harbor places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Pearl Harbor |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | on E shore of Favorite Channel, 1 mi. S of Dotsons Landing and 18 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | The source of the name is unknown. In 1903 it was known as Lake Harbor, and was first called Pearl Harbor in 1905 in a mining claim by John Peterson (DeArmond, 1957, p. 34). The present name was reported in 1910 by Adolph Knopf, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and was published in 1912 (Knopf, 1912a, pls. 1, 2, and 5). |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.4775009155 |
| Longitude: | -134.785552979 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Pearl Harbor: Pearl 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 Pearl Harbor does not include property ownership information.
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