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East Spit

East Spit

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Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
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0.5 mi. N of village of Cape Fanshaw, extends into South Passage, 72 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.

History of East Spit

Descriptive name given in 1891 by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 145).