Information About

Cape Providence

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 58' 58.001" N,
156 ° 34' 8" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

King Salmon

Elevation

144 ft (43.89 m)

Cape Providence in Detail.

About

trends SE 7 mi. between Port Wrangell and Chiginagak Bay on the S shore of the Alaska Peninsula; Aleutian Range

History

named "Mys "Provideniya," i.e. "Cape Providence," by Ensign Vasiliev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1831; his skin-boat-bidarka was wrecked here and Vasiliev narrowly escaped drowning. point of land "Naluktchvak," according to Lutke (1836, p. 277).