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Point Bazan

Point Bazan

Region:
  • Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 276 ft (84.12 m)
About

S point of entrance to Port Bazan, on SW coast of Dall I.; Alex. Arch.

History of Point Bazan

this is a transliteration published in 1865 on British Admiralty (Brit. Adm.) Chart 2431 from the Russian "M(ys) Bazan," meaning "Cape Bazan." name was published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 9), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who derived it from Port Bazan.