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Cape Shishkin

Cape Shishkin

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Lake and Peninsula
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 253 ft (77.11 m)
About

on NW shore of Lake Clark, 18 mi. NE of Nondalton, Alaska Range

History of Cape Shishkin

Named in 1891 by A. B. Schantz for Innokente Shishkin, a Russian, who assisted Schantz in gathering census information for the 11th Census in 1890 (Schantz, 1893, p. 94).