Alaska Gazetteer
Point Sherman is a physical feature (cape) in Juneau Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Point Sherman |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on E shore of Lynn Canal, 0.6 mi. SW of mouth of Sweeny Creek and 46 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | Named in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), for General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1820-91, Civil War general. The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast pilot (p. 195). |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.8561096191 |
| Longitude: | -135.151947021 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Sherman: Point Sherman.
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 Sherman does not include property ownership information.
