Information About

Point Dyer

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 50' 29" N,
165 ° 44' 8.002" W

Region

Wade Hampton (CA)

Nearest City

Chevak

Point Dyer in Detail.

About

on S shore of Scammon Bay, E point of entrance to Kongishluk Bay and 12 mi. E of Cape Romanzof, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History

Named by Dall (1870, p. 277), in 1869, for Lieutenant Joseph T. Dyer of Washington D. C. who, with Captain E. E. Smith, explored the delta of the Yukon River in 1867 for the Western Union Telegraph Co.

Topo Maps

Hooper Bay (1951), Hooper Bay D-2 (1952), Hooper Bay D-2 (1952), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953),
Places Near Point Dyer
Bays:

Kongishluk Bay, Scammon Bay,

Capes:

Point Dyer, Point Smith,

Hills:

Kikuktok Mountain,

Mountains:

Towak Mountain,

Mountain Ranges:

Askinuk Mountains,

Rivers:

Kokechik River, Kolomak River, Komoiarak Slough, Kun River, Kuttak River, Kwecharak River, Lithkealik River,

Streams:

Ekashluak Creek, Kawiakpak Creek, Towak Creek,

Cities:

Scammon Bay,