Information About

Cape Fairweather

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cape Fairweather on The Map

Location

58 ° 48' 20.002" N,
137 ° 56' 39.001" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Haines

Elevation

62 ft (18.9 m)

Cape Fairweather in Detail.

About

point of land, in Glacier Bay National Monument, on E shore of Cape of Alaska, 5 mi. S of mouth of Sea Otter Creek and 103 mi. NW of Hoonah, Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History

Named "Cape Fair Weather" in 1778 by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 346), RN, presumably because of the good weather encountered at the time. The name has been translated variously. It was called "Cape Beautemps" by La Perouse in 1786, "Cape Buen-tiempo" by Galiano in 1802, and "M(ys) Hor(oshiy) Pogody" by the Russians in 1847. Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), called it "M(ys) Ltua" meaning "Cape Ltua."

Places Near Cape Fairweather
Capes:

Cape Fairweather,

Streams:

Justice Creek, Sea Otter Creek,