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Point Pybus

Point Pybus

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Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
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on E coast of Admiralty I., at N entrance to Pybus Bay, 4 mi. W of The Brothers and 56 mi. E of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History of Point Pybus

Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), when the point was discovered August 4, 1794, by Lieutenant Joseph Whidbey, Royal Navy (RN), (Wagner, 1937, p. 403).