Alaska Gazetteer
Range Point is a physical feature (cape) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Range Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on E shore of Chichagof Harbor on NE coast of Attu I., Aleutian Islands. |
| History: | This name was given by Lieutenant William Gibson who commanded the schooner U.S.S. Fenimore Cooper during the North Pacific Exploring Expedition of 1854-55. The name is listed in the 1944 Aleutian Coast Pilot and is shown on an Army Map Service (AMS) map published in 1943. |
| Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 52.9291648865 |
| Longitude: | 173.2527771 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Range Point: Range 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 Range Point does not include property ownership information.
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Attu, AK
(< 0.1 mile) |
Navy Town, AK
(6.8 miles SSW) |
