Alaska Gazetteer
Green Point is a physical feature (cape) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Green Point places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Green Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | at N entrance to Pyramid Harbor, in Chilkat Inlet, 1 mi. SW of Pyramid I. and 20 mi. SW of Skagway, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | "Named ""M(ys) Zelenoi"" meaning ""green cape"" by Captain Lindenberg in 1838 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1838. It was called Indian Point in 1869 by Commander Meade, U.S. Navy. It is the Pyramid Point of Captain Beardslee, U.S. Navy (USN), which name was given in 1880 and was published by US@C&GS in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 197)." |
| Borough: | Haines Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.186668396 |
| Longitude: | -135.482772827 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Green Point: Green Point.
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 Green Point does not include property ownership information.
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Haines, AK
(3.1 miles NNE) Mud Bay, AK (4.3 miles ESE) |
Lutak, AK
(11.1 miles NNW) Skagway, AK (19.7 miles NNE) |
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Port Chilkoot, AK
(3.4 miles NNE) Tanani, AK (6 miles NNE) |
