Information About

Acheredin Point

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 7' 17" N,
160 ° 49' 12" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

False Pass

Elevation

302 ft (92.05 m)

Acheredin Point in Detail.

About

Sw tip of Unga I., in Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range

History

Word meaning "turn" or "turning"; probably named for "mate Ath. (?) Atcheredin, a Russian fur trader who wintered at Kodiak in 1779." Published in 1847 as as "M(ys) Otcheredin" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24),