Alaska Gazetteer
Bolles Ledge is a physical feature (bar) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. The primary coordinates for Bolles Ledge places it within the AK 99901 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Bolles Ledge |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bar |
| Description: | Located in Ward Cove, on the southwest coast of Revillagigedo Island, Alexander Archipelago. |
| History: | This feature was named in 1882 by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for Lieutenant Timothy Dix Bolles; a crew member of Coast Survey steamer Hassler, when this rock was discovered. |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.4038887024 |
| Longitude: | -131.721939087 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Bolles Ledge: Bolles Ledge.
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 Bolles Ledge does not include property ownership information.
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Ketchikan, AK
(5.1 miles SE) Saxman, AK (7.7 miles SE) |
Loring, AK
(14.2 miles NNE) Metlakatla, AK (19.9 miles SSE) |
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Ward Cove, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Refuge Cove, AK (< 0.1 mile) |
Peninsula Point, AK
(1.4 miles SSW) Mud Bay, AK (1.9 miles WNW) |
