Alaska Gazetteer
Symonds Point is a physical feature (cape) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Symonds Point places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Symonds Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on N coast of Mansfield Peninsula, 3.3 mi. SE of Barlow Point and 15 mi. NW of Juneau, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | Named in 1884 by Commander J. B. Coghlan, U.S. Navy (USN), for Lieutenant Frederick M. Symonds, who served under Captain L. A. Beardslee on the U.S.S. Jamestown and under Commander H. Glass, U.S. Navy (USN), on the USS Wachusett, while surveying this part of Alaska in 1879-81. The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 173). |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.3416671753 |
| Longitude: | -134.83555603 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Symonds Point: Symonds Point.
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 Symonds Point does not include property ownership information.
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