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Trubitsin Point

Trubitsin Point

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Sitka
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 72 ft (21.95 m)
About

On the S shore of Kruzof Island, 0.5 mi. E of Cape Edgecumbe, Alex. Arch.

History of Trubitsin Point

Named in 1926 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Grigori Trubitsin, who was a boatswain who served under Captain A. I. Chirikov, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1741. Alexander Baranov applied this name to Cape Edgecumbe in the 1790's.