- Point Heyer (KVI Beach) and Point Robinson (PDF) (vashonhistory.com)
Point Heyer — better known to Islanders as KVI Beach after KVI Radio purchased the Vashon sand spit and built a tower on it in 1936 — and Point Robinson — where a lighthouse stands — were named in 1841 by Charles Wilkes of the American Exploring Expedition after his quartermaster Henry Heyer and his crewmember John Robinson.
