Information About

East Spit

Quick Facts

Open in The Map East Spit on The Map

Location

57 ° 13' 13.001" N,
133 ° 30' 4" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

East Spit in Detail.

About

0.5 mi. N of village of Cape Fanshaw, extends into South Passage, 72 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.

History

Descriptive name given in 1891 by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 145).