Usage:
Point Augusta Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
late(?) Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Cliffs that extend west from Point Augusta along Icy Strait to Whitestone Harbor, and south from point along Chatham Strait to False Bay, Chicagof Island, southeastern AK (Loney and others, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southeastern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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