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Jaw Point

Jaw Point

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 10 ft (3.05 m)
About

in Woewodski Harbor, on E coast of Liesnoi I., off SE coast of Admiralty I., Alex. Arch.

History of Jaw Point

Descriptive name given in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 142). Liesnoi Island is shaped somewhat like a jaw. Jaw Point marks the point of the lower jaw.