Description
Soapstone Point is located on N tip of Yakobi I., on Cross Sound, 2 mi. NE of Bingham Cove, 39 mi. W of Hoonah, Alex. Arch.
History
Named by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1880 because of the greenish appearance of the rocks, resembling soapstone. The name was published in the 1883 Alska Coast Pilot (p. 187).