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Moffet Point

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Location

55 ° 26' 2" N,
162 ° 36' 50" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

False Pass

Moffet Point in Detail.

About

SW end of Alaska Peninsula, at the N end of Moffet Lagoon and Izembek Lagoon, 18 mi NNE of Fort Randall, Bristol Bay Low.

History

Named by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 262), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), for Midshipman Samuel Moffet, a member of his crew on the sloop Moller during his voyage around the world from 1826-29. This point was called "Neumann" by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888.

Topo Maps

Cold Bay (1943), Cold Bay (1943), Cold Bay (1943), Cold Bay (1943), Fort Randall (1943), Fort Randall (1943), Fort Randall (1943), Fort Randall (1949), Fort Randall (1950), Fort Randall (1950), Cold Bay B-2 (1995),

Places Near Moffet Point

Bays:

Blaine Bay, Kinzarof Lagoon, Moffet Lagoon,

Capes:

Blaine Point, Moffet Point,

Islands:

Neumann Island, Operl Island, Round Island,

Lakes:

Big Lake, Blinn Lake, Blue Bill Lake, Lake Hess, Johnny Lake, Simeon Lake, Lake Trelford,

Rivers:

Joshua Green River,