Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Kovrizhka is a physical feature (cape) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Kovrizhka |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | Located 9 miles northwest of Makushin Bay, on the northwest coast of Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands. |
| History: | "Russian name reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""M(ys) Gattan"" or ""Cape Gattan"" and by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 26), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""M(ys) Kovrizhka,"" meaning ""Cape Gingerbread (ginger cake)."" This point was called ""Makushin Cape"" by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888." |
| Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 53.8505554199 |
| Longitude: | -167.157501221 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Kovrizhka: Cape Kovrizhka.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Cape Kovrizhka does not include property ownership information.
| Makushin, AK (8.8 miles SE) |
