Information About

Bishop Point

Quick Facts

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Location

53 ° 58' 27.001" N,
166 ° 56' 58.999" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Bishop Point in Detail.

About

on NW coast of Unalaska I., 19 mi. NW of Unalaska; Aleutian Range

History

named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1938 for Father Ioann Veniaminov who served as a priest on Unalaska Island and made weather observations there from 1825-34. in 1840 and was made Bishop of Russian America that same year.