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Acheredin Point

Acheredin Point

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Aleutians East
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 302 ft (92.05 m)
About

Sw tip of Unga I., in Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range

History of Acheredin Point

Word meaning "turn" or "turning"; probably named for "mate Ath. (?) Atcheredin, a Russian fur trader who wintered at Kodiak in 1779." Published in 1847 as as "M(ys) Otcheredin" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24),