Information About

Whirl Point

Quick Facts

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Location

54 ° 49' 17" N,
163 ° 23' 1" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

False Pass

Elevation

279 ft (85.04 m)

Whirl Point in Detail.

About

E coast of Unimak I., in Isanotski Strait; Aleutian Islands.

History

name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1926 Coast Pilot (p. 216). It was so named because the tidal currents swirl violently about it.