Willoughby Cove is a physical feature (bay) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Willoughby Cove |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | on SE coast of Lemesurier I., in %south Passage, 3 mi. S of Lemesurier Lightand 25 mi. NW of Hoonah, St Elias Mts. |
History: | "Named by G. C. Hanus, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1880 for Richard S. Willoughby, ""an Alaskan pioneer."" The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 190). Willoughby came to Alaska about 1860 and is mentioned in Alexander Badlam's ""Wonders of Alaska,"" (1890, p. 127-131), in which Badlam describes ""Willoughby's Mirage"" on Muir Glacier." |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 58.2711105347 |
Longitude: | -136.053604126 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Willoughby Cove: Willoughby Cove.
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