Tanani, Haines Borough, Alaska, United States
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- Tanani
- Unincorporated Populated Place
- on Tanani Bay, at head of Chilkoot Inlet, just S of Tanani Point, 14 mi. SW of Skagway, Coast Mts.
- 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.
- 59.270000059° 16' 12.0"N-135.4433333135° 26' 36.0"W
- 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
- Haines 2.6 mi. S
- 0 m
- 616994440
- Updated Apr 24, 2020