Wachusett Cove is a physical feature (bay) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Wachusett Cove |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | at mouth of Freshwater Bay on E coast of Chichagof I., 8.5 mi. NE of Tenakee Springs, Alex. Arch. |
History: | Named in 1881 by the U.S. Navy for the U.S.S. Wachusett, commanded by Commander Henry Glass, U.S. Navy (USN), used in surveying the cove that year. The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 180). |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 57.831111908 |
Longitude: | -134.998062134 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Wachusett Cove: Wachusett Cove.
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 Wachusett Cove does not include property ownership information.
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