Information About

Point Banks

Quick Facts

Region:

Kodiak Island

Nearest City:

Ouzinkie

About

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

History of Point Banks

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."

Found on the following 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,