Description
E point of entrance to Shakmanof Cove, 12 mi. NW of Kodiak, Kodiak I.
History
Named "M(ys) Shakhmanova," "Cape Shakmanov," by Murashev in 1839 or 1840 and published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425. Called "M(ys) Chiniak" or "Cape Chiniak," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 23). "Riph Point" was Baker's (1906 p. 565) transliteration of Captain Tebenkov's word for "reef."