Tanani, Haines Borough, Alaska, United States

Overview of Tanani

• Name:
  Tanani
• Place Type:
  Unincorporated Populated Place
• Located In:
  Haines Borough, Alaska, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  on Tanani Bay, at head of Chilkoot Inlet, just S of Tanani Point, 14 mi. SW of Skagway, Coast Mts.
• History (GNIS):
  This is the name of a Tlingit Indian village said to mean "leaping place," reported by Aurel and Arthur Kruase (1883, map) and published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 200). In 1883 it consisted of three houses.
• Surveys:
  Township 30 South, Range 59 East, Copper River Meridian
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:59.270000059° 16' 12.0"N

  Longitude:-135.4433333135° 26' 36.0"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Port Chilkoot 2.8 mi. S
  • Haines 2.9 mi. S
  • Lutak 6.5 mi. NW
  • Mud Bay 8 mi. S
  • Skagway (Skagway Municipality) 13.8 mi. N
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Haines 2.6 mi. S
• Elevation:
  0 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  616994440
• Updated Apr 24, 2020