Information About

Point Dyer

Quick Facts

Region:

Wade Hampton (CA)

Nearest City:

Chevak

About

on S shore of Scammon Bay, E point of entrance to Kongishluk Bay and 12 mi. E of Cape Romanzof, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History of Point Dyer

Named by Dall (1870, p. 277), in 1869, for Lieutenant Joseph T. Dyer of Washington D. C. who, with Captain E. E. Smith, explored the delta of the Yukon River in 1867 for the Western Union Telegraph Co.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Hooper Bay (1951), Hooper Bay D-2 (1952), Hooper Bay D-2 (1952), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953),

Places Near Point Dyer

Bays:

Kongishluk Bay, Scammon Bay,

Capes:

Point Dyer, Point Smith,

Hills:

Kikuktok Mountain,

Mountains:

Towak Mountain,

Mountain Ranges:

Askinuk Mountains,

Rivers:

Kokechik River, Kolomak River, Komoiarak Slough, Kun River, Kuttak River, Kwecharak River, Lithkealik River,

Streams:

Ekashluak Creek, Kawiakpak Creek, Towak Creek,

Cities:

Scammon Bay,