Description
Point Styleman is located at N entrance to Port Snettisham, on Stephens Passage, 2 mi. SW of Mist Creek and 29 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History
Named by Capt Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), after its discovery by Lieutenant Joseph Whidbey on Aug. 12, 1794, for Henry Styleman of Snettisham, England (Wagner 1937, p. 17). This name was published in 1848 as "Mys Steylmen," by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. on Chart 1396.