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Cape Providence

Cape Providence

Region:
  • Lake and Peninsula
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 144 ft (43.89 m)
About

trends SE 7 mi. between Port Wrangell and Chiginagak Bay on the S shore of the Alaska Peninsula; Aleutian Range

History of Cape Providence

named "Mys "Provideniya," i.e. "Cape Providence," by Ensign Vasiliev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1831; his skin-boat-bidarka was wrecked here and Vasiliev narrowly escaped drowning. point of land "Naluktchvak," according to Lutke (1836, p. 277).