Information About

Cape Riley

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cape Riley on The Map

Location

65 ° 13' 26" N,
166 ° 28' 19.999" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Brevig Mission

Elevation

13 ft (3.96 m)

Cape Riley in Detail.

About

on W shore of Port Clarence, 4 mi. SW of Teller, Seward Peninsula High.

History

Apparently so named by Beechey, 1827, or possibly by Trollope, 1854 (Baker, 1906, p. 528). For some years the name was misapplied to the south point of the entrance to Grantley Harbor, at Teller.