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Strogonof Point

Strogonof Point

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on N shore of Alaska Peninsula, NE end of 8-mi. long barrier beach that extends from SW side of Port Heiden, 10 mi. SW of Port Heiden Airfield; Bristol Bay Low.

History of Strogonof Point

shown as "Cap du Baron Stroganoff," meaning "Baron Stroganofs Cape," in A. J. von Krusenstern's Atlas of the Pacific Ocean (1827, map 20). Russian salt merchant, Anika Stroganof. on an 1890 U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) chart.