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Kashega Point

Kashega Point

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Aleutians West (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 771 ft (235 m)
About

SW coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands.

History of Kashega Point

Named for Kashega Bay and published as "M(ys) Kashiga," or Cape Kashiga," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 26), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). It was called "Kashuga Point" by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888 and "Cape Kashega" by Baker (1906, p. 351).