Information About

Point Banks

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Banks on The Map

Location

58 ° 37' 59.002" N,
152 ° 18' 56.002" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Ouzinkie

Point Banks in Detail.

About

on NE coast of Shuyak I., 51 mi. N of Kodiak I.

History

Discovered by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 385), RN, on May 25, 1778, and named for Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820, English naturalist (Wagner, 1937, p. 375). The Russian Hydrographic Dept. transliterated the name in 1847 and published it as "M(ys) Banks" on Chart 1378. The Russian-American Company did likewise in 1849 and Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), published the name "M(ys) Benks."

Topo Maps

Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak C-1 and C-2 (1952), Afognak C-1 and C-2 (1952), Afognak C-1 and C-2 (1954),
Places Near Point Banks
Bars:

Latax Rocks,

Bays:

Andreon Bay, Back Bay, Perenosa Bay, Phoenix Bay, Shangin Bay,

Capes:

Point Banks, Cape Current, Carshan Point, Posliedni Point, Shields Point, Tetrakof Point,

Channels:

Big Fort Channel, Cape Current Narrows, Perevalnie Passage, Stevenson Entrance,

Islands:

Big Fort Island, Ermine Island, Little Fort Island, Perevalnie Islands, Sea Otter Island, Seal Islands, Sentinel Rock, Shangin Rock, Shuyak Island,