Information About

Pin Point

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 9' 32" N,
134 ° 15' 43.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Elevation

85 ft (25.91 m)

Pin Point in Detail.

About

on Liesnoi I., at mouth of Eliza Harbor, on Admiralty I., 26 mi. SE of Angoon, Alex. Arch.

History

Descriptive name given in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN), and published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 142). Off the point is "a projecting ledge about 100 yards in length" from which the name is derived.