The Five Fingers is a physical feature (island) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | The Five Fingers |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in S entrance to Stephens Passage, 5 mi. NW of Whitney I. and 67 mi. E of Sitka, Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Descriptive name given in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), "" * * * perhaps on account of its appearance from certain points of view"" (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 129)." |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 57.2916679382 |
Longitude: | -133.670837402 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for The Five Fingers: The Five Fingers.
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 The Five Fingers does not include property ownership information.
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