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Boiling Pinnacles

Boiling Pinnacles

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  • Aleutians West (CA)
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1.5 mi. N of Umnak Island and 6 mi. W of Cape Tanak, Aleutian Is.;

History of Boiling Pinnacles

Named in 1939 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) because "light tide rips and swirls occur over the shoal on changes of tide."