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Cape Chiniak

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Location

57 ° 37' 14.002" N,
152 ° 9' 24.001" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Cape Chiniak in Detail.

About

S point of entrance to Chiniak Bay, 15 mi. SE of Kodiak, Kodiak I.

History

Aleut name reported in 1888 by Lieutenant Commander Tanner, U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Abatross. Named "Cape Greville" on June 8, 1778, by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 405-406) who wrote, "The land here forms a point, which was named Cape Greville * * * and is distant fifteen leagues from Cape St. Hermogenes, in the direction of South, 17degrees W * * *." Baker (1906, p. 179) reports "von Langsdorf(f) identifies it (Cape Chiniak) with Cape Hermogenes of Bering, 1741. The Russians usually called it 'Tolstoi' (broad) * * *." This is incorrect as the name "Tolstoy" is applied to Cape Greville by the Russians. This feature was identified as "Mys Chiniatskiy," or "Chiniat Cape," by Sarichev (1826, map 16) and as "Mys Chiniak," or Chiniak Cape," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 23). See Cape Greville.

Topo Maps

Kodiak C-1 (1949), Kodiak C-1 (1949), Kodiak C-1 (1949), Kodiak C-1 (1951), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak (1952), Kodiak C-1 SE (1987),

Places Near Cape Chiniak

Bars:

Channel Rock, Hutchinson Reef, Kalsin Reef, Kodiak Rock, Pinnacle Rock, Refuge Rock, Vasilief Rock, Williams Reef,

Bays:

Brookers Lagoon, Chiniak Bay, Cook Bay, Crab Lagoon, Helen Bay, Isthmus Bay, Mill Bay, Shahafka Cove, Vera Bay,

Capes:

Cape Chiniak, Cape Greville, Chiniak Point, Icehouse Point, Isthmus Point, Midway Point, Miller Point, Narrow Cape, Pasagshak Point, Pony Point, Sawmill Point, Sequel Point, Spruce Cape,

Channels:

Woody Island Channel,

Cliffs:

Dams:

Chiniak Satellite Tracking Station Dam, Stovers Dam,

Fictional Places:

Hills:

Islands:

Bird Island, Chiniak Island, Hanin Rock, Humpback Rock, Inner Humpback Rock, Kekur Island, Long Island, Middle Island, Refuge Island, Svitlak Island, Ugak Island, Woody Island,

Lakes:

Abercrombie Lake, Barry Lagoon, Chiniak Lagoon, Chiniak Lake, Dolgoi Lake, East Twin Lake, Elephant Lake, Hidden Lakes, Icehouse Lake, Island Lake, Jupiter Lake, Long Lake, Mission Lake, Neptune, Salt Lake, Saturn Lake, Sawmill Lake, Southern Lake, Tanignak Lake, Twin Lakes, Lake Una, Uranus,

Locales:

Mountains:

Boyer Peak, Slope Peak, Twin Peaks,

Rivers:

Chiniak River, Sacramento River,

Streams:

East Fork Twin Creek, Roslyn Creek, Twin Creek, West Fork Twin Creek,

Routes:

Boy Scout Trail,

Cities:

Aleksashkina, Chiniak, Mill Bay,