Information About

North Cape

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 35' 57.001" N,
135 ° 7' 59.999" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

207 ft (63.09 m)

North Cape in Detail.

About

N point of entrance to Whale Bay, on SW coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.

History

Name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 133); derived from "N Mys" published in 1850 by the Russian American Company.

Topo Maps

Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander C-4 (1951), Port Alexander C-4 (1951), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander C-4 (1994), Port Alexander C-4 (1994), Port Alexander C-4 SE (2017),

Places Near North Cape

Archipelagos:

Baranof Archipelago, Rakof Islands,

Areas:

South Rocks,

Basins:

Kritoi Basin,

Bays:

Port Banks, Close Bay, Crawfish Inlet, Dorothy Cove, Great Arm Whale Bay, Jamboree Bay, Necker Bay, President Bay, Rakovoi Bay, Sandy Bay, Scow Bay, Secluded Bay, Sevenfathom Bay, Small Arm, Snipe Bay, Still Harbor, Toy Harbor, West Crawfish Inlet, Whale Bay, Yamani Cove,

Capes:

Point Lauder, Aspid Cape, Finger Point, Kekur Peninsula, Kekur Point, North Cape,

Channels:

Cameron Pass, Cedar Pass, First Narrows, Middle Channel, Second Narrows, Walker Channel, Windy Passage,

Hills:

Snipe Head,

Islands:

Beauchamp Island, Guibert Islets, Kakovo Island, Krishka Island, Lodge Island, Makhnati Islands, Scow Island, Second Kekur, Slate Islets, Third Kekur, Tikhaia Islands, Yamani Islets,

Lakes:

Avoss Lake, Benzeman Lake, Maksoutof Lake, Politofski Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Sharp,

Rivers:

Maksoutof River,