Cape Tanak is a physical feature (cape) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Cape Tanak |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | on N coast of Umnak I., Aleutian Islands. |
History: | "Name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 25), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""M(ys) Tanakh,"" or ""Cape Tanakh,"" from the Aleut word ""tanaq,"" meaning ""lace,"" according to R. H. Geoghegan. This point was called ""Egorkovskoi"" by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 300), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). See Egorkovskoi." |
Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 53.5530548096 |
Longitude: | -167.983886719 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Tanak: Cape Tanak.
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 Tanak does not include property ownership information.
Egorkovskoi, AK (1.4 miles NW) |