Information About

Bear Cape

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Bear Cape on The Map

Location

60 ° 12' 0" N,
146 ° 43' 0.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Bear Cape in Detail.

About

N point of entrance to Port Etches, on SW end of Hinchinbrook I., 35 mi. SW of Cordova, Chugach Mts.

History

Named "Mys Medvyzhit", i.e. "Bear Cape," in 1830 by Ivan Chernov; published as such on Chart 1378 by Russian Hydrographic Dept. in 1847.

Topo Maps

Cordova (1948), Cordova (1948), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova A-7 and A-8 (1951), Cordova A-7 and A-8 (1951), Cordova A-7 and A-8 (1953), Cordova A-7 and A-8 (1953), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova A-7 and A-8 (1988),
Places Near Bear Cape
Cities:

Nuchek,

Bars:

Naucestaarwikcak Point, Seal Rocks,

Bays:

Port Etches, Constantine Harbor, Deer Cove, English Bay, Garden Cove,

Capes:

Point Barber, Point Horn, Bear Cape, Bear Cape, Cape Hinchinbrook, Phipps Point, Punta de la Cruz, Qengnaswik Point, Zaikof Point,

Channels:

Hinchinbrook Entrance,

Islands:

Porpoise Rocks, Bocharov Island, Garden Island, Schooner Rock,

Mountains:

Signal Mountain,

Parks:

Hinchinbrook Lighthouse Reserve,

Streams:

Constantine Creek, Etches Creek, Garden Creek, Horn Creek, Kanuwalem Kuiya Creek,