Information About

Point Cochrane

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Cochrane on The Map

Location

60 ° 46' 1.999" N,
148 ° 21' 42.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Point Cochrane in Detail.

About

on NE coast of Kenai Peninsula, at S entrance to Passage Canal, 11 mi. E of Whittier, Chugach Mts.

History

This point was investigated by Joseph Whidbey on June 5, 1794, and named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), probably for Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, British naval officer and later admiral (Wagner, 1937, p. 381).

Topo Maps

Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward D-4 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward D-4 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959), Seward D-4 (1995),
Places Near Point Cochrane
Bays:

Port Nellie Juan, Port Wells, Bettles Bay, Blackstone Bay, Cochrane Bay, Culross Bay, Emerald Bay, Entry Cove, Goose Bay, Hidden Bay, Hobo Bay, Hollow Bight, Hummer Bay, Logging Camp Bay, Long Bay, Passage Canal, Picturesque Cove, Pigot Bay, Pirate Cove, Poe Bay, Shady Cove, Shotgun Cove, Squirrel Cove, Surprise Cove, West Finger Inlet, Ziegler Cove,

Capes:

Point Pigot, Point Cochrane, Point Culross, Blackstone Point, Bur Point, Decision Point, Gradual Point, Neptune Point, Slope Point, Squirrel Point, Strong Point, Trinity Point,

Channels:

Culross Passage,

Glaciers:

Bettles Glacier, Dirty Glacier, Harriman Glacier, Pigot Glacier, Rainy Glacier, Seth Glacier, Tebenkof Glacier, Wedge Glacier,

Islands:

Applegate Island, Culross Island, Emerald Island, Esther Rock, Mink Island,

Lakes:

Lake Jack, Lake Shrode,

Mountains:

Pigot Benchmark,

Parks:

Bettles Bay State Marine Park, Decision Point State Marine Park, Entry Cove State Marine Park, Surprise Cove State Marine Park, Ziegler Cove State Marine Park,

Peaks:

Passage Peak,

Streams:

Hobo Creek, Hummer Creek,