Alaska Gazetteer
Point Marsden is a physical feature (cape) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Point Marsden |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on W coast of Admiralty I. in Chatham Strait, 2 mi. S of mouth of Hawk Inlet and 22 mi. SW of Juneau, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | Joseph Whidbey in 1794 passed by the point which was later named by Captain Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN) (1801, v. 15, p. 439), either for William Marsden or Samuel Marsden of Paramatta, New South Wales (Wagner, 1937, v. 2, p. 396). |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.0569458008 |
| Longitude: | -134.807785034 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Marsden: Point Marsden.
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 Point Marsden does not include property ownership information.
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Hawk Inlet, AK
(5.1 miles NNE) Cube Cove, AK (9.2 miles SSE) |
Funter, AK
(14.2 miles NNW) Freshwater Bay, AK (15.2 miles SW) |
