Haines

Haines is a small port community in on the shores of the Lynn Canal, the state's longest fjord. It is surrounded by glacier-covered mountains of the Coast Range.
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  • Type: Town with 1,710 residents
  • Description: city in Alaska, USA
  • Also known as: Chilcoot”, “Chilkat”, “Chilkoot”, “Daschu”, “Deshu”, “Dtehshuh”, “Haines Mission”, “Haines, AK”, “Haines, Alaska”, “Kutkwutlu”, and “Willard Mission
  • Postal code: 99827

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hammer Museum and Haines Seaplane Base.

Museum
Photo: Mycota, Public domain.
The , located in Haines, Alaska, , is the first museum in the world dedicated to hammers. The museum was founded in 2002 and became a non-profit organization in 2004.

Aerodrome
is a public-use seaplane base located in Haines, Alaska. It is owned by Haines Borough. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Haines

Latitude
59.2358° or 59° 14′ 9″ north
Longitude
-135.445° or 135° 26′ 42″ west
Population
1,710
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
IATA airport code
HNS
United Nations Location Code
US HNS
Open location code
94F66HP4+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150921918
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5846901
Wiki­data ID
Q79546
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Haines” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: هينز (ألاسكا)
  • Arabic: هينز
  • Asturian: Haines
  • Basque: Haines
  • Bavarian: Haines
  • Catalan: Haines
  • Cebuano: Haines
  • Chechen: Гейнс
  • Chinese: Haines
  • Chinese: 哈尼斯自治鎮
  • Chinese: 海恩斯
  • Czech: Haines
  • Dagbani: Haines
  • Dutch: Haines
  • Egyptian Arabic: هينز
  • Finnish: Haines
  • French: Haines
  • German: Haines
  • Gilaki: هینس
  • Haitian: Haines
  • Hungarian: Haines
  • Irish: Haines
  • Italian: Haines
  • Japanese: ヘインズ
  • Ladin: Haines
  • Lithuanian: Heinsas
  • Min Nan Chinese: Haines
  • Newari: हेइन्स (अलास्का)
  • Newari: हेइन्स, अलास्का
  • Newari: हेइन्स
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Haines
  • Norwegian: Haines
  • Occitan (post 1500): Haines
  • Persian: هینز، آلاسکا
  • Persian: هینز، الاسکا
  • Persian: هینز
  • Polish: Haines
  • Portuguese: Haines
  • Russian: Хейнс
  • Serbian: Хајнс
  • Serbo-Croatian: Haines, Alaska
  • Serbo-Croatian: Haines
  • Slovak: Haines
  • South Azerbaijani: هینز، آلاسکا
  • South Azerbaijani: هینز
  • Spanish: Haines (Alaska)
  • Spanish: Haines
  • Swedish: Haines
  • Talysh: Hejns
  • Tatar: Гейнс
  • Ukrainian: Гейнс
  • Urdu: ہینز، الاسکا
  • Urdu: ہینز
  • Uzbek: Haines
  • Venetian: Haines
  • Volapük: Haines
  • Western Mari: Хейнс

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