Information About

Point Horn

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Horn on The Map

Location

60 ° 20' 1" N,
146 ° 33' 42.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Elevation

66 ft (20.12 m)

Point Horn in Detail.

About

on Hinchinbrook I., SE shore of Port Etches, 32 mi. SW of Cordova, Chugach Mts.

History

Named "Horne Point" by Captain Nathaniel Portlock (1789, map facing p. 227) for Robert Horne, carpenter of his vessel King George, while exploring the region in 1787. It was called "Punta de Espada" (Point Sward) in 1779 by the Spanish explorers Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Don Ignacia Arteaga on a unpublished manuscript chart called "Puerto de Santiago."

Topo Maps

Cordova (1948), Cordova (1948), Cordova B-7 (1950), Cordova B-7 (1950), Cordova B-7 (1950), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova B-7 (1953), Cordova B-7 (1953), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova B-7 (1997),
Places Near Point Horn
Cities:

Nuchek,

Bars:

Naucestaarwikcak Point, The Seven Sisters,

Bays:

Port Etches, Anderson Bay, Constantine Harbor, Dan Bay, Deer Cove, Double Bay, English Bay, Fish Bay, Garden Cove, Shelter Bay, Yelper Cove,

Capes:

Point Barber, Point Horn, Bear Cape, Bear Cape, Cape Hinchinbrook, Eagle Point, Johnstone Point, Phipps Point, Punta de la Cruz, Qengnaswik Point, Shelter Point,

Islands:

Porpoise Rocks, Bocharov Island, Garden Island, Hinchinbrook Island,

Mountains:

Signal Mountain,

Parks:

Hinchinbrook Lighthouse Reserve,

Streams:

Anderson Creek, Bear Creek, Constantine Creek, Cutoff Creek, Dan Creek, Double Creek, Eagle Creek, Etches Creek, Garden Creek, Honker Creek, Horn Creek, Kanuwalem Kuiya Creek, Nuchek Creek,