Information About

Tuman Point

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Location

51 ° 58' 54.998" N,
179 ° 28' 53" E

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Adak

Tuman Point in Detail.

About

On W coast of Semisopochnoi Island, Aleutian Islands.

History

Transliteration of the Russian word "tuman" meaning "fog." The name was reported by personnel of the U. S. S. Oglala in 1935. The Point was shown as part of Tuman Head on a 1943 U. S. Army Corps of Engineers map.

Topo Maps

Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951),

Places Near Tuman Point

Bars:

Sugarloaf Knob,

Bays:

North-northeast Bight, North-northwest Bight, South-southeast Bay, South-southwest Indent, Southwest Indent, West-northwest Bight, West-Southwest Bight,

Capes:

North-northwest Head, Petrel Point, South Point, South Tuman Point, South-southeast Point, South-southwest Point, Tuman Point, West-northwest Point,

Cliffs:

North Head, Southwest Knob, Sugarloaf Head, Tuman Head,

Hills:

Lakeshore Cone,

Islands:

Semisopochnoi Island,

Lakes:

Fenner Lake,

Mountains:

Anvil Peak, Mount Cerberus, Ragged Top, Sugarloaf Peak, Threequarter Cone,

Ridges:

Perret Ridge,

Streams:

Fenner Creek,