Information About

Pin Point

Pin Point

Quick Facts

Region:

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City:

Kake

Elevation:

85 ft (25.91 m)

About

on Liesnoi I., at mouth of Eliza Harbor, on Admiralty I., 26 mi. SE of Angoon, Alex. Arch.

History of Pin Point

Descriptive name given in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN), and published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 142). Off the point is "a projecting ledge about 100 yards in length" from which the name is derived.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Sitka A-1 (1948), Sitka A-1 (1948), Sitka A-1 (1948), Sitka A-1 (1948), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka A-1 NW (2017),

Places Near Pin Point

Archipelagos:

Galankin Islands,

Areas:

Polivnoi Rocks,

Bays:

Cannery Cove, Chapin Bay, Donkey Bay, Eliza Harbor, Henrys Arm, Herring Bay, Little Pybus Bay, Sheldon Cove, South Arm Hood Bay, Woewodski Harbor, Wolfe Cabin,

Capes:

Point Napean, Point Brightman, Bluff Point, Club Point, Deepwater Point, File Point, Jaw Point, Log Point, Loon Point, Pin Point, Pio Point, Saw Point, Sharp Point, Thumb Point,

Channels:

North Passage, South Passage, West Channel,

Islands:

Carroll Island, Elliott Island, Grave Island, Liesnoi Island, Long Island, Midway Islands, Payne Island, Southwest Islands, Spruce Island,

Lakes:

Mountains:

Bear Pass Mountain, Mount Saffran, Soapberry Mountain,