Alaska Gazetteer
Vanderbilt Reef is a physical feature (bar) in Juneau Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Vanderbilt Reef |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bar |
| Description: | at junction of Favorite Channel and Lynn Canal, 3.6 mi. NE of Little I. and 30 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts |
| History: | Named in 1880 by Captain L. A. Beardslee, U.S. Navy (USN), for the man who discovered the reef, Captain J. M. Vanderbilt of the Northwest Trading Co. Captain Vanderbilt came to Alaska about 1875 and became captain of the company's steamer Favorite, which did surveying work for the U. S. Navy. He died in 1890 (DeArmond, 1957, p. 30). The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 194). |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.5919456482 |
| Longitude: | -135.015274048 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Vanderbilt Reef: Vanderbilt Reef.
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 Vanderbilt Reef does not include property ownership information.
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