Information About

Cape Puget

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 56' 38" N,
148 ° 26' 33" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Elevation

213 ft (64.92 m)

Cape Puget in Detail.

About

on SE coast of Kenai Peninsula, at junction of Port Bainbridge and Puget Bay, 38 mi. SE of Seward, Chugach Mts.

History

Named about June 1, 1794, by Lieutenant Joseph Whidbey, Royal Navy (RN), for Lieutenant Peter Puget, Royal Navy (RN), also of Captain George Vancouver's party (Vancouver, 1798, v. 3, p. 176).

Topo Maps

Blying Sound (1946), Blying Sound (1946), Blying Sound D-4 (1950), Blying Sound D-4 (1950), Blying Sound D-4 (1950), Blying Sound (1951), Blying Sound (1951), Blying Sound D-4 (1952), Blying Sound D-4 (1952), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953),

Places Near Cape Puget

Bars:

Procession Rocks,

Bays:

Port Bainbridge, Auk Bay, Goat Harbor, Hogg Bay, Koss Cove, Puget Bay, Swanson Bay,

Capes:

Point Pyke, Point Waters, Point Elrington, Cape Junken, Cape Puget, Hogg Point, Swanson Point,

Glaciers:

Bainbridge Glacier, Puget Glacier,

Mountains:

Pinnacle Mountain, Puget Peak,