Southeast Alaska: Inside Passage anchorages

14 places · Alaska

A thousand miles of sheltered channels between Ketchikan and Glacier Bay, with no road and a harbour every 100 miles: Foggy Bay and Meyers Chuck after the border, Wrangell and Petersburg, Sitka on the Pacific side, Tenakee Springs and Hoonah, Auke Bay at Juneau, Reid Inlet below the glacier in Glacier Bay (park permit required in summer). A 6 metre tide, bears on the beaches, rain every other day.

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   1Anchorage· US·4.0

   Ketchikan

   Anchorage off the waterfront of Ketchikan, the southernmost city of south-east Alaska, on Revillagigedo Island along the Tongass Narrows.

   55.3459, -131.6672See on the chart →
2. 2Anchorage· US·5.0

   Foggy Bay

   Anchorage on the east shore of Revillagigedo Channel, about 50 miles north of Prince Rupert, on the Inside Passage route to Ketchikan.

   54.9495, -130.9402See on the chart →
3. 3Anchorage· US·4.5

   Meyers Chuck

   Small natural harbour on the Cleveland Peninsula, with Ernest Sound to the north and Clarence Strait to the west, about 50 miles south of Wrangell.

   55.7405, -132.2591See on the chart →
4. 4Anchorage· US·3.0

   Wrangell Airport

   Anchorage off the Wrangell Airport shore on the east side of Wrangell Island, along Zimovia Strait in South-East Alaska.

   56.4908, -132.3720See on the chart →
5. John Bortniak
   5Anchorage· US·4.0

   Petersburg

   Fishing town on the northern tip of Mitkof Island, at the junction of Wrangell Narrows and Frederick Sound in South-East Alaska.

   56.8132, -132.9648See on the chart →
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   6Anchorage· US·5.0

   Sitka

   Anchorage off Sitka, on the west coast of Baranof Island in Sitka Sound, south-east Alaska.

   57.6065, -136.1030See on the chart →
7. Joseph from Cabin On The Road, USA
   7Anchorage· US·4.0

   Tenakee Springs

   Anchorage off the village of Tenakee Springs on the south shore of Tenakee Inlet, east side of Chichagof Island, Alaska.

   57.7761, -135.2147See on the chart →
8. Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand
   8Anchorage· US·4.0

   Harbor Point

   Anchorage on the Mansfield Peninsula in Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska, with a mud and weed bottom.

   58.0937, -135.4593See on the chart →
9. Gillfoto
   9Harbour· Juneau, US·3.6

   Statter Harbor

   Transient harbour in Auke Bay, 12 miles by road north of downtown Juneau, used by fishing boats, charters and visiting yachts in south-east Alaska.

   58.3834, -134.6487See on the chart →
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    10Anchorage· US·4.0

    Juneau

    Anchorage on Gastineau Channel off downtown Juneau, the capital of Alaska. Rock and mud bottom.

    58.2963, -134.4280See on the chart →
11. 11Anchorage· US·5.0

    Reid Inlet

    Anchorage at the head of Reid Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, below the tidewater face of Reid Glacier.

    58.8606, -136.8203See on the chart →
12. 12Anchorage· US·4.0

    Red Bay

    Bay on the north coast of Prince of Wales Island, opening northeast into Sumner Strait in Southeast Alaska.

    56.3099, -133.3422See on the chart →
13. 13Anchorage· US·4.0

    Horseshoe Bay

    Anchorage on Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeast Alaska, a remote stretch of the Inside Passage with no road access.

    56.8011, -133.7348See on the chart →
14. 14Anchorage· US·4.0

    Cosmos Bay

    Horseshoe-shaped cove on the north-east coast of Baranof Island, about 10.5 nm north of Baranof in south-east Alaska.

    57.2406, -134.8838See on the chart →

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