Information About

Cape Hinchinbrook

Cape Hinchinbrook

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Valdez

About

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

History of Cape Hinchinbrook

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).

Found on the following 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:

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,