Alaska Gazetteer
Point Wimbledon is a physical feature (cape) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Point Wimbledon places it within the 99826 ZIP Code delivery area.
Sorry, no local resorces for this location!
| Feature Name: | Point Wimbledon |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on N shore of North Indian Pass, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 3 mi. SW of Dundas Bay, 36 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | "Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), in 1794 for Wimbledon, one of the seats of the Spencer family in England (Wagner, 1937, p. 422). Some charts erroneously call it ""Winbledon."" Wimbledon is a suburb of London and is now the headquarters of tennis in England." |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.30027771 |
| Longitude: | -136.37638855 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Wimbledon: Point Wimbledon.
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 Wimbledon does not include property ownership information.
| Bartlett Cove, AK (19.6 miles ENE) |
