Le Conte Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Le Conte Bay |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | Indenting the south shore of Frederick Sound, 5 miles northwest of the Stikine River at the foot of Le Conte Glacier, 17 miles southeast of Petersburg, Coast Range. |
History: | "Named in 1887 by Lieutenant Commander CM Thomas, U.S. Navy (USN), for Joseph Leconte, professor of geology at the University of California at that time. The Indian name is ""Hutli,"" reported by John Muir, in 1884, for ""the Tlingits' mythical thunder bird, the flapping of whose wings produces the thunder.""" |
Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 56.7886123657 |
Longitude: | -132.445007324 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Le Conte Bay: Le Conte Bay.
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 Le Conte Bay does not include property ownership information.
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