Information About

Cape Puget

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Whittier

Elevation:

213 ft (64.92 m)

About

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

History of Cape Puget

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).

Found on the following 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,