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Point Lavinia

Point Lavinia

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

on N tip of Indian Peninsula, on Chichagof I., on S shore of South Inian Pass, 1.3 mi. N of Elfin Cove and 38 mi. WNW of Hoonah, Alex. Arch.

History of Point Lavinia

Named by Capt George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), in 1794 for Lady Lavinia Spencer, daughter of Margaret Bingham, Countess of Lucan (Wagner, 1937, p. 394).