Information About

Point Edward

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Edward on The Map

Location

55 ° 59' 43.001" N,
160 ° 52' 10.999" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Chignik

Elevation

20 ft (6.1 m)

Point Edward in Detail.

About

NE tip of Cape Rozhnof, 9 mi. W of settlement of Port Moller, on Alaska Peninsula, Bristol Bay Low.

History

Named by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1882, but first applied to the northern tip of Deer I., which is now called Fawn Point. Point Edward is named for Captain Edward Perry Herendeen, who commanded the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) schooner Yukon, 1873-74 and 1880.

Topo Maps

Port Moller (1953), Port Moller (1953), Port Moller D-3 (1963), Port Moller D-3 (1963), Port Moller (1988),
Places Near Point Edward
Archipelagos:

Kudobin Islands,

Bars:

Halftide Rock, Village Spit,

Bays:

Herendeen Bay, Mud Bay,

Capes:

Black Point, Cape Rozhnof, Coal Point, Point Divide, Doe Point, Point Edward, Fawn Point, Marble Point, Middle Point, Ross Point, Second Cape, Shingle Point, Third Cape, Wolf Point,

Channels:

Hague Channel, Johnston Channel,

Cliffs:

Coal Bluff,

Islands:

Deer Island, Eagle Rock, Kritskoi Island, Moller Island, Walrus Island,

Streams:

Coal Creek, Johnson Fork, Lynden Creek,

Valleys:

Coal Valley,