Alaska Gazetteer
Klotz Hills is a physical feature (range) in Hoonah-Angoon Borough. The primary coordinates for Klotz Hills places it within the 99826 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Klotz Hills |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Range |
| Description: | in Glacier Bay National Monument, near E shore of Muir Inlet, 1.6 mi. N of Point George, 57 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | Named by members of the Glacier Bay Expedition of 1941 for Otto Julius Klotz, 1852-1923, of the Dominion of Canada Survey. Klotz wrote an article about the application of photo-topographic methods in the surveying of the Baird Glacier in 1895, as well as other scientific articles about Alaskan glaciers in 1899 and 1907. He was employed by the Canadian government as topographic surveyor and explorer, from 1872 to 1884. In 1885, he became Dominion Astronomer. |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.8772239685 |
| Longitude: | -136.048538208 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Klotz Hills: Klotz Hills.
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 Klotz Hills does not include property ownership information.
