Information About

Settlement Point

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 29' 16.001" N,
161 ° 29' 4.999" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

False Pass

Settlement Point in Detail.

About

on E shore of Pavlof Bay, near SW end of Alaska Peninsula; Aleutian Range

History

this is a translation of the Russian word "selenie" meaning "village (or settlement)," shown by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24), and applied to a settlement about one mile NE of the point. This "village" reference suggested to Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), the name for the point of land in 1880. used by the fishermen.

Topo Maps

Port Moller (1953), Port Moller (1953), Port Moller B-5 (1983), Port Moller (1988),

Places Near Settlement Point

Bars:

Moses Rocks,

Bays:

Canoe Bay, Chinaman Lagoon, Coal Bay, Dry Lagoon, Jackson Harbor, Jackson Lagoon, Pavlof Bay,

Capes:

Black Point, Cape Tolstoi, Seal Cape, Settlement Point,

Islands:

Flat Island, Gull Island, Ivan Island, Lump Island, Round Island,

Mountains:

Cone Peak, Tolstoi Peak,

Streams:

Humpy Creek, Ness Creek,