Alaska Gazetteer
Snipe Point is a physical feature (cape) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Snipe Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | in Eagle Bay, on S coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands. |
| History: | "So named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1937 ""because of the large number of Russian snipe noted along the shoreline of the point.""" |
| Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 53.4644432068 |
| Longitude: | -166.929718018 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Snipe Point: Snipe 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 Snipe Point does not include property ownership information.
| Kashega, AK (9.4 miles W) |
