Information About

West Foreland

Quick Facts

Open in The Map West Foreland on The Map

Location

60 ° 45' 47.002" N,
151 ° 47' 15" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Kenai

Elevation

46 ft (14.02 m)

West Foreland in Detail.

About

on W shore of Cook Inlet, between Redoubt and Trading Bays, 20 mi. NW of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low.

History

Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), on April 18, 1794 (wagner, 1937, p. 421). The name "M(ys) Zapadnyy ili Kystotank," meaning "West or Kystotank Cape," was published in 1947 for this feature on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1378.