Information About

Marble Point

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Marble Point on The Map

Location

55 ° 47' 12.001" N,
160 ° 45' 33.001" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Chignik

Elevation

92 ft (28.04 m)

Marble Point in Detail.

About

on E shore of Herendeen Bay, 16 mi. SW of village of Port Moller, near SW end of Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Range

History

Named in 1890 by Lieutenant Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S. Navy (USN), "because of the white marble-like appearance of the rock on the point."

Topo Maps

Port Moller (1953), Port Moller (1953), Port Moller D-3 (1963), Port Moller D-3 (1963), Port Moller (1988),
Places Near Marble Point
Bars:

Crow Reef, Halftide Rock, Midway Reef, Moller Spit, Village Spit,

Bays:

Herendeen Bay, Mine Harbor, Mud Bay,

Capes:

Black Point, Bluff Point, Bold Bluff Point, Cape Rozhnof, Coal Point, Crow Point, Point Divide, Doe Point, Point Edward, Entrance Point, Fawn Point, Gravel Point, Gull Point, Harbor Point, Low Point, Marble Point, Middle Point, Monolith Point, Reef Point, Ross Point, Second Cape, Shingle Point, Third Cape,

Channels:

Hague Channel, Johnston Channel,

Cliffs:

Coal Bluff,

Islands:

Ballast Island, Basset Island, Deer Island, Eagle Rock, Gull Island,

Mountains:

Cathedral Peak, Pinnacle Peak, Pyramid Mountain, Staniukovich Mountain,

Streams:

Bishop Creek, Coal Creek, Coleman Creek, Johnson Creek, Johnson Fork, Lawrence Creek, Lynden Creek, Portage Creek,

Valleys:

Buck Valley, Coal Valley, Deer Valley, Grass Valley, Lawrence Valley, Portage Valley,

Cities:

Herendeen Bay, Port Moller,