Information About

Redoubt Point

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 17' 16.001" N,
152 ° 24' 50" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Ninilchik

Redoubt Point in Detail.

About

on W shore of Cook Inlet, N point of entrance to Tuxedni Bay, 44 mi. SW of Kenai, Aleutian Range

History

Local name reported in 1920 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); derived from Redoubt Bay. navigator, Ivan Vasiliev the first; published as such by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); called "Ozero Redutskoye," meaning "redoubt lake," possibly after a fishing station at the lake's outlet called "the Redoubt" in 1849 by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 38), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).

Topo Maps

Kenai (1944), Kenai (1944), Kenai (1944), Kenai (1944), Kenai (1950), Kenai (1950), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai (1958), Kenai B-7 (1958), Kenai B-7 (1958), Kenai B-7 SE (2017),

Places Near Redoubt Point

Bays:

Snug Harbor,

Capes:

Harriet Point, Redoubt Astro, Redoubt Point,

Channels:

Tuxedni Channel,

Islands:

Chisik Island, Duck Island,

Lakes:

Bear Lake, Wadell Lake,

Rivers:

Crescent River,

Streams:

Harriet Creek, Katchin Creek, Little Polly Creek, Polly Creek, Redoubt Creek,