Information About

Makushin Point

Quick Facts

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Location

53 ° 45' 38.002" N,
167 ° 0' 40" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Elevation

413 ft (125.88 m)

Makushin Point in Detail.

About

N shore of Makushin Bay, W coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands.

History

According to Lieutenant Sarichev (1802, v. 2, p. 82), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), this name was pulbished by the Russians as (Mys) Makushinskoy or Cape Makushin. The U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) used the generic Point in 1888.