Information About

Surok Point

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 36' 51.001" N,
150 ° 1' 48" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Cooper Landing

Elevation

217 ft (66.14 m)

Surok Point in Detail.

About

on SE coast of Kenai Peninsula at E entrance to Paguna Arm, 53 mi. E of Homer, Chugach Mts.

History

Named "Marmot Point" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1912, probably referring to the hoary marmot, but later changed to the Russian equivalent to avoid confusion because of numerous other uses of the word.