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Wooly Head

Wooly Head

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Aleutians East
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 433 ft (131.98 m)
About

on W coast of Nagai I., in Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range

History of Wooly Head

So named by fishermen prior to 1871 because of the violent gusts of wind called "woolies" experienced there; published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on an 1882 coast chart. This term is considered to be derived from a Patagonian word for a "gust of "wind" or may be descriptive of the "whitefoam formed on the water wind."