Information About

Opasni Point

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Opasni Point on The Map

Location

57 ° 58' 37.999" N,
152 ° 43' 19.999" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Port Lions

Opasni Point in Detail.

About

on NE coast of Whale I., 3 mi. SE of Afognak, N of Kosiak I.

History

Transliteration of "M(ys) Opasnyy" the name given to this point by Sub. Lieutenant Mikhail Murashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1839 or 1840 and published in 1849 on Russian Hdrog. Dept. Chart 1425. Baker (1906, p. 208) published "Dangerous Cape," the translation of Murashev's name. Because of dulpication, the name was changed to its present form in 1909 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).

Places Near Opasni Point
Bars:

Big Rock, Danger Reef, Deranof Rock, Ilkognak Rock, Shag Rocks, Skipwith Reefs, Village Reefs,

Bays:

Afognak Bay, Anton Larsen Bay, Back Bay, Back Bay, Barabara Cove, Fox Bay, Kazakof Bay, Kizhuyak Bay, Marka Bay, Neva Cove, Settler Cove, Shakmanof Cove, Sharatin Bay,

Capes:

Afognak Point, Bare Point, Bird Point, Cape Kazakof, Cape Kostromitinof, Chernof Point, Chiachi Point, Crag Point, Dirovati Point, Dolphin Point, Entrance Point, Far Point, Graveyard Point, Head Point, Inner Point, Kekur Point, Kizhuyak Point, Last Point, Leto Point, Lipsett Point, Nachalni Point, Near Point, Nochlega Point, Occident Point, Opasni Point, Orient Point, Otmeloi Point, Otrubistoi Point, Ouzinkie Point, Peregrebni Point, Pestchani Point, Pokati Point, Posliedni Point, Rivermouth Point, Seredni Point, Settlement Point, Shakmanof Point, Shoal Point, Talnik Point, Three Pillar Point, Uzkosti Point, Yuzhni Point,

Channels:

Afognak Strait, Eastern Passage, The Narrows, Ouzinkie Narrows, The Slough, Whale Passage,

Cities:

Port Lions,

Dams:

Port Lions Dam,

Islands:

Alexander Island, Arnkil Island, Deranof Island, Dot Island, Hog Island, Koniuji Island, Lamb Island, Larsen Island, Larsen Island, Little Raspberry Island, Low Island, Nachalni Island, Parrot Island, Prokoda Island, Stripe Rock, Three Brothers, Treeless Island, Whale Island, Winter Island,

Lakes:

Afognak Lake, Buskin Lake,

Mountains:

Afognak Mountain, Mount Ellison, Hatchery Peak, Katenai Hill, Litnik Mountain, Pyramid Mountain, Sharatin Mountain,

Rivers:

Afognak River, Red Cloud River,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Elbow Creek, Hatchery Creek, Small Creek,

Cities:

Afognak, Aleneva, Aleut Village, Duck Village,