Kelgaya Point is a physical feature (cape) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Kelgaya Point places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Kelgaya Point |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | in Chilkoot Inlet, on E shore of Chilkat Peninsula, 2.5 mi. SE of Port Chilkoot, 17 mi. SSW of Skagway, Coast Mts. |
History: | Tlingit Indian name Ketlgakhya meaning doghowl place. Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map) reported the name of this and Battery Point as Ketlrachta. Shown as Kelgaya in 1923 on International Boundary Commission (IBC) Sheet 9 (1951 atlas). |
Borough: | Haines Borough |
Latitude: | 59.2141685486 |
Longitude: | -135.372497559 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kelgaya Point: Kelgaya 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 Kelgaya Point does not include property ownership information.
Haines, AK
(2.7 miles WNW) Mud Bay, AK (3.9 miles S) |
Lutak, AK
(11.1 miles NW) Skagway, AK (17 miles N) |
Port Chilkoot, AK
(2.4 miles WNW) Tanani, AK (4.5 miles NNW) |