Description
West Spit is located on E coast of Hitney I., 0.5 mi. NW of village of Cape Fanshaw and 77 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts.
History
Descriptive name given by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN); published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p.145).