Information About

Cape Upright

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cape Upright on The Map

Location

60 ° 18' 43.999" N,
172 ° 13' 40.001" W

Region

Bethel (CA)

Nearest City

Gambell

Elevation

112 ft (34.14 m)

Cape Upright in Detail.

About

13 mi. E of Sugarloaf Mtn., on SE tip of St. Matthew I

History

Named by Captain Cook (1785, p. 438), on July 29, 1778, who wrote "It was the South East extremity, and formed a perpendicular cliff of considerable height; on which account it was called Point Uprigh***." Cook later refered to it as "Cape Upright" (p. 491). The name was transliterated on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1427 (1849) as "M(ys) Uprayt," and translated by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 20) to "M(ys)Otvysnoy." G. A. Sarichev calls it "Mys Pik," i.e. "Cape Peak," in 1826.

Places Near Cape Upright
Capes:

Cape Upright, Lunda Head,