Information About

Swaine Point

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 25' 46.999" N,
134 ° 14' 8.002" W

Region

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Swaine Point in Detail.

About

Southwest point of entrance to Explorer Basin, on the west coast of Kuiu Island, south of Tebenkof Bay, Alexander Archipelago.

History

Named in 1928 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for "Lt. Swaine (complete name not available), a member of the Vancouver expedition of 1792-1794."