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Thin Point

Thin Point

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W point of entrance to Cold Bay, on S coast of Alaska Peninsula, Aleutain Range

History of Thin Point

Translation of "M(ys) Tonkoi" published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); called "Slim Point" and "Cape Tonkoy" by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888.