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Point Thatcher

Point Thatcher

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Sitka
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 92 ft (28.04 m)
About

on NE coast of Catherine I., off NE coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.

History of Point Thatcher

Named in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN). It was called "Shkaliakh" or "Schkaliakh" by the Tlingit Indians. It is "Point Coleman" on the maps of Homfray, Cartographer of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition in 1867, (USG&GS, 1883, p. 167).