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Tuliumnit Point

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 14' 29" N,
158 ° 7' 5.999" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

Chignik

Elevation

98 ft (29.87 m)

Tuliumnit Point in Detail.

About

on E shore of Alaska Peninsula, NE tip of Castle Cape, SE entrance to Chignik Bay, 12 mi. SE of Chignik; Aleutian Range

History

native name shown in 1847 as "M(ys) Tuliumnit," meaning "Tuliumnit Point," on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1379; reported about 1899 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross, as "Tuliumnit Point of Castle Cape." suggest the name "Castle."