Alaska Gazetteer
Tolstoi Point is a physical feature (cape) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Tolstoi Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on E tip of St. George I., in Pribilof Islands. |
| History: | "Descriptive Russian name, reported in 1903 by G. R. Putnam, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), from the Russian ""tolstoy"" meaning ""thick"" (p. 1013-1015). Putnam claimed (in Baker, 1906, p. 631): ""The native name is ""Kagalogh"" * * * ""which probably comes from the Aleut word ""Kagaluk,"" meaning ""stern of a baidarka,"" according to R. H. Geoghegan. This feature was called by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 21) Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), Vostochnoy,"" meaning ""East Cape.""" |
| Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.5944442749 |
| Longitude: | -169.466659546 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Tolstoi Point: Tolstoi Point.
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