Information About

Black Point

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Black Point on The Map

Location

55 ° 24' 28.001" N,
161 ° 41' 30.001" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

False Pass

Elevation

30 ft (9.14 m)

Black Point in Detail.

About

W point of entrance to Pavlof Bay, on SW coast of Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Range

History

So named in 1925 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), "because it is composed of black cinders and ashes."