Alaska Gazetteer
Gillon Point is a physical feature (cape) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Gillon Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | W tip of Agattu I. Aleutian Islands. |
| History: | "Named for Lieutenant Commander John F. Gillon, U.S. Navy (USN), a naval aviator on duty during the time aerial surveys were being conducted in the Aleutian Islands. Lieutenant Commander Gillon was killed in an airplane crash at sea during naval maneuvers in 1937. He was attached to the Division of Air Navigation, U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, which proposed his name to Board on Geographic Names (BGN) in 1938. Shown as ""West Cape"" on a map by L. M. Turner in the 1880's; published in 1944 Aleutian Coast Pilot (p. 135) as ""Gillon Point"" (Cape Harrell)." |
| Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 52.4072227478 |
| Longitude: | 173.36277771 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Gillon Point: Gillon Point.
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 Gillon Point does not include property ownership information.
