Alaska Gazetteer
Point Windham is a physical feature (cape) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Point Windham |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on E shore of Stephens Passage, at mouth of Windham Bay, 4 mi. N of Sunset I. and 60 mi. SSE of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), after its discovery by Lieutenant Joseph Whidbey on Aug. 13, 1794, probably for William Windham, 1750-1810, English statesman (Wagner, 1937, p. 422). Windham served as English Secretary of War 1792-1801, and Secretary of State for War and Colonies, 1806-07. This name was published in 1848 as ""Mys Uindkhem,"" that is, ""Uindkhem Cape,"" by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. on Chart 1396." |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.563331604 |
| Longitude: | -133.567779541 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Windham: Point Windham.
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 Windham does not include property ownership information.
| Entrance Island, AK (11.4 miles SSE) |
