Wooly Head is a physical feature (cliff) in Aleutians East Borough.
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Feature Name: | Wooly Head |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cliff |
Description: | on W coast of Nagai I., in Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range |
History: | "So named by fishermen prior to 1871 because of the violent gusts of wind called ""woolies"" experienced there; published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on an 1882 coast chart. This term is considered to be derived from a Patagonian word for a ""gust of ""wind"" or may be descriptive of the ""whitefoam formed on the water wind.""" |
Borough: | Aleutians East Borough |
Latitude: | 55.1122207642 |
Longitude: | -160.186386108 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Wooly Head: Wooly Head.
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Unga, AK (13.5 miles WNW) |