Information About

Nuchek

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 19' 59.999" N,
146 ° 39' 19.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Elevation

30 ft (9.14 m)

Nuchek in Detail.

About

on Hinchinbrook I., on N shore of Port Etches, 35 mi. SW of Cordova; Chugach Mts.

History

site of an abandoned Eskimo village (Hodge, 1910, p. 90). The Russians built a stockade post here about 1793 called "Fort Konstantine" probably named for Grand Duke Constantine, the younger brother of Czar Alexander II. 1880 was 74, in 1890, 145.

Topo Maps

Cordova (1948), Cordova (1948), Cordova B-8 (1951), Cordova B-8 (1951), Cordova B-8 (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova B-8 (1953), Cordova B-8 (1953), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959),
Places Near Nuchek
Cities:

Nuchek,

Bars:

Naucestaarwikcak Point, Seal Rocks, The Seven Sisters,

Bays:

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

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,

Channels:

Hinchinbrook Entrance,

Islands:

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

Mountains:

Signal Mountain,

Parks:

Hinchinbrook Lighthouse Reserve,

Streams:

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