Information About

Cape Mohican

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cape Mohican on The Map

Location

60 ° 12' 0" N,
167 ° 25' 59.999" W

Region

Bethel (CA)

Nearest City

Mekoryuk

Elevation

190 ft (57.91 m)

Cape Mohican in Detail.

About

Incomplete record. On Nunivak Island, extends NW into Bering Sea, 53 mi. NW of Cape Mendenhall.

History

Name reported about 1899 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). Captain M. D. Tebenkov, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1849 named it "Mys Boil" for for Lieutenant Roman Boil, who was in the party when Captain Lieutenant M. N. Vasiliev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), discovered Nunivak Island in 1921.