Information About

Khayyam Point

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 24' 34.999" N,
132 ° 20' 53.999" W

Region

Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)

Nearest City

Kasaan

Elevation

171 ft (52.12 m)

Khayyam Point in Detail.

About

On the E shore of Prince of Wales Island, on the S side of Skowl Arm between McKenzie Inlet and Saltery Cove, 10 mi SE of Kasaan.

History

Local name reported in 1905 by E. F. Dickins, US@C&GS. The Omar Mining Company operated in this vicinity, and the Kiam mining camp was nearby. The name of the mining camp was published as "Khayyam" by Theodore Chapin (in Brooks and others, 1916, pl. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). All these names were suggested by the name of the Persian poet, astronomer, and tentmaker Omar Khayyam, author of the Rubaiyat.

Places Near Khayyam Point
Cities:

Chomly, Grindall, Hadley,

Archipelagos:

Babe Islands,

Bars:

Black Rock, Lyman Rock,

Bays:

Baronovichs Bay, Brennan Bay, Clover Bay, Coal Bay, Dora Bay, Goose Bay, Karta Bay, Kasaan Bay, Kina Cove, Linney Bay, Little Coal Bay, Little Goose Bay, McKenzie Inlet, Mills Bay, Paul Bight, Polk Inlet, Poor Man Bay, Saltery Cove, Skowl Arm, Smith Cove, Smith Lagoon, Spiral Cove, Sunny Cove, Trollers Cove, Twelvemile Arm Kasaan Bay, West Arm Cholmondeley Sound, Windfall Harbor,

Capes:

Adams Point, Alder Point, Baker Point, Divide Head, Doctor Point, Figgins Point, Giants Head, Grindall Point, Island Point, Kasaan Peninsula, Kasaan Point, Khayyam Point, Lyman Point, Outer Point, Sandy Point, Sawmill Point, Skowl Point, Sunny Point, Thumb Point,

Channels:

Connection Pass, Grindall Passage,

Cities:

Kasaan,

Islands:

Berry Island, Daisy Island, East Sentinel Island, High Island, Jarvis Island, Kasaan Island, King Island, Kluanil Island, McKenzie Rock, Patterson Island, Peacock Island, Pen Island, Round Island, Ship Island, Skowl Island, Streets Island, West Sentinel Island,

Lakes:

Clover Lake, Copper Center Lake, Lake Gertrude, Lake Isabel, Ives Lake, Kina Lake, Lindeman Lake, Lake Marge, Lake Mary, Monie Lake, Old Franks Lake, Rock Lake, Summit Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Andrew, Barren Mountain, Beaver Mountain, Clover Mountain, Green Monster Mountain, Hetta Mountain, Jacobs Mountain, Kasaan Mountain, Nipple Butte, Rock Butte,

Streams:

Big Creek, Cabin Creek, Clover Creek, Dog Salmon Creek, Hundred Thousand Creek, Kina Creek, Linkum Creek, Monument Creek, Niblack Hollow, Old Franks Creek, Old Tom Creek, Omar Creek, Polk Creek, Poor Man Creek, Portage Creek, Rock Creek, Spiral Creek, Sunny Creek, Virginia Creek,

Routes:

Sulzer Portage,

Cities:

Old Kasaan, Polk Inlet, Salt Chuck,