Information About

Point Lavinia

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 13' 21" N,
136 ° 21' 7.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Point Lavinia in Detail.

About

on N tip of Indian Peninsula, on Chichagof I., on S shore of South Inian Pass, 1.3 mi. N of Elfin Cove and 38 mi. WNW of Hoonah, Alex. Arch.

History

Named by Capt George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), in 1794 for Lady Lavinia Spencer, daughter of Margaret Bingham, Countess of Lucan (Wagner, 1937, p. 394).