Alaska Gazetteer
Eliza Harbor is a physical feature (bay) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Eliza Harbor |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | on SE coast of Admiralty I., 26 mi. SE of Angoon, Alex. Arch. 7 miles long. |
| History: | "Discovered in 1799 by ""Mr. Bumstead"" of the fur trading ship Eliza, out of Boston, commanded by ""Captain Rowan."" Mr. Bumstead, with members of the crew in a whale boat, ""finally * * * got in and opened a fine harbor, completely land-locked, which, as our Indian navigator informed us had no name, we called Eliza Harbour, in compliment to our ship."" (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1883, p. 130)." |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.2008323669 |
| Longitude: | -134.288330078 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Eliza Harbor: Eliza Harbor.
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 Eliza Harbor does not include property ownership information.
| Neltushkin, AK (12.5 miles WNW) |
