Information About

Kashega Point

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kashega Point on The Map

Location

53 ° 31' 0.001" N,
167 ° 9' 31" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Elevation

771 ft (235 m)

Kashega Point in Detail.

About

SW coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands.

History

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).