Information About

Cape Hinchinbrook

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cape Hinchinbrook on The Map

Location

60 ° 14' 4.999" N,
146 ° 38' 30.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Cape Hinchinbrook in Detail.

About

on S tip of Hinchinbrook I., 35 mi. SW of Cordova; Chugach Mts.

History

Named in 1778 by Captain James Cook, RN, "after Viscount Hinchinbroke, John Montagu's father, and afterward used by several navigators * * *" (Wagner, 1937, p. 392). feature was called "M(ys) Morskoi," meaning "sea cape", by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 6), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).

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 Cape Hinchinbrook
Cities:

Nuchek,

Bars:

Naucestaarwikcak Point, Seal Rocks,

Bays:

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

Capes:

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

Channels:

Hinchinbrook Entrance,

Islands:

Porpoise Rocks, Bocharov Island, Garden Island, Hinchinbrook Island,

Mountains:

Signal Mountain,

Parks:

Hinchinbrook Lighthouse Reserve,

Streams:

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