Alaska Gazetteer
False Point Pybus is a physical feature (cape) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for False Point Pybus places it within the 99820 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | False Point Pybus |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on E coast of Admiralty I., 5.5 mi. NE of Pybus and 61 mi. E of Sitka, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "Named by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); published in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 130). ""This point was mistakenly called Point Pybus on the Russian Hydrographic Department, U. S. Hydrographic, and British Admiralty Charts, but it is not the Point Pybus originally named by Vancouver in 1794, which is six miles to the southwest; therefore the name False Point Pybus.""" |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.3672218323 |
| Longitude: | -133.866394043 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for False Point Pybus: False Point Pybus.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for False Point Pybus does not include property ownership information.
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