Information About

Cape Spencer

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 12' 41" N,
136 ° 38' 53.999" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Pelican

Cape Spencer in Detail.

About

at mouth of Dicks Arm, on N shore of Cross Sound, 45 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named in 1794 by Captain Vancouver, (1798, v. 3, p. 211), Royal Navy (RN) for Earl George John Spencer, 1758-1834, a member of the English House of Commons and First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794-1801. It was called "m(ys) Spenser" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1378 in 1847. It is shown as "Punta de Villaluenga" on a general map in De Mofras' atlas published in 1845 (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1883, p. 185).

Topo Maps

Mount Fairweather A-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather A-2 (1948), Mount Fairweather A-2 (1948), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1951), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mt Fairweather (1961), Mount Fairweather A-2 NW (2017),
Places Near Cape Spencer
Cities:

Tlushashakian,

Areas:

Graves Rocks,

Bars:

Polka Rock,

Bays:

Bingham Cove, Cross Sound, Dicks Arm, Dixon Harbor, Fern Harbor, Graves Harbor, Hoktaheen Cove, Mite Cove, Murk Bay, Murphy Cove, Soapstone Cove, Surge Bay, Surge Bay, Taylor Bay, Torch Bay,

Capes:

Cape Bingham, Cape Spencer, Column Point, False Point, Hankinson Peninsula, Polka Peninsula, Soapstone Point, Venisa Point, Point Villaluenga,

Cliffs:

Ewe Ledge,

Dams:

Excursion Inlet Cannery Dam,

Islands:

Libby Island, Mite Island, Sugarloaf Island, Taylor Island, Yakobi Rock, Zip Rock,

Lakes:

Hoktaheen Lake, North Deception Lake, North Trick Lake, South Deception Lake, South Trick Lake, Surge Lake,

Mountains:

Bingham Peak, Horn Mountain,

Rivers:

Dixon River,

Streams:

Annoksek Creek, Hoktaheen Creek,