Information About

Retaliation Point

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Location

56 ° 51' 33.001" N,
134 ° 20' 8.999" W

Region

Petersburg (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Elevation

85 ft (25.91 m)

Retaliation Point in Detail.

About

on E shore of Security Bay, on N coast of Kuiu I., Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1869 for charting purposes by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), "who in February, 1869, destroyed two Indian villages here because of the murder by the Indians of two white men under circumstances of great brutality."