Information About

Seal Cape

Quick Facts

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Location

54 ° 23' 19" N,
164 ° 38' 55" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Akutan

Seal Cape in Detail.

About

on S coast of Unimak I., Aleutian Islands.

History

Named in 1888 by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF). Capt Tebenkov (1852, map 26), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), published the Aleut name as "Mys Kishnak." Early charts showed the name "Cape Khituk (Scotch Cap)" but this was an error in the application of that name.