Information About

Cape Uyak

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cape Uyak on The Map

Location

57 ° 38' 19" N,
154 ° 20' 37" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Akhiok

Elevation

154 ft (46.94 m)

Cape Uyak in Detail.

About

6.5 mi. NE of Karluk, on W coast of Kodiak I

History

Aleut name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "M(ys) Uyak" or "Cape Uyak." This feature was called "West Point" by Captain Lisianski (1814, map, p. 169), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and Baker (1906, p. 656) reports "Locally called 'Sevenmile point'* * *."