Information About

Cape Kostromitinof

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 5' 7.001" N,
152 ° 32' 21.998" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Ouzinkie

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Cape Kostromitinof in Detail.

About

at mouth of Duck Bay, 10 mi. NE of Afognak, on SE coast of Afognak I., N of Kodiak I.

History

Russian family name given as "M(ys) Kostromitinov" by Sub-Lt. Mikhail Murashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1839 or 1840 and published by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. in 1849 on Chart 1425. The name "M(ys) Kazakovskiy" or "Cossack Cape," was applied to this point by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 23), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). See Cape Kazakof.