Alaska Gazetteer
Battery Point is a physical feature (cape) in Aleutians East Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Battery Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on S coast of Akutan I., Krenitzin Islands.; Aleutian Islands. |
| History: | "a translation of the descriptive name given by Father Veniaminov (1840, v. 1, p. 193). booming waves on this point sounded like a battery of guns. Kayanak."" contradistinction to North Head. the name ""Liberty Cap,"" undoubtedly suggested by Scotch Cap on Unimak Island." |
| Borough: | Aleutians East Borough |
| Latitude: | 54.0388870239 |
| Longitude: | -165.881103516 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Battery Point: Battery Point.
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