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The Eye Opener

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Location

56 ° 23' 10" N,
132 ° 16' 30" W

Region

Wrangell

Nearest City

Wrangell

Elevation

935 ft (284.99 m)

The Eye Opener in Detail.

About

in Sumner Strait, 13 mi. E of village of Point Baker, between Kupreanof and Prince of Wales Is., Alex. Arch.

History

Translation about 1882 by US@C&GS of "Otkroy Glaza"; published in 1853 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1494. Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 128). reported the name "Shoo Fly Rock" as being used by local navigators for this feature.