Cape Cross is a physical feature (cape) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Cape Cross |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | S tip of Takanis Peninsula, on Yakobi I., 25 mi. NW of Chichagof; Alex. Arch. |
History: | "named on May 3, 1778, by Captain James Cook, Royal Navy (RN), because it was ""first seen on that day (Holy Cross Day) so marked in our calendar"" (1785, v. 2, p. 345-346). by the Russians (Tebenkov, 1852, map 8) as ""Mys Kresta"" meaning ""Cape Cross.""" |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 57.9172210693 |
Longitude: | -136.561386108 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Cross: Cape Cross.
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Sunnyside, AK (12.2 miles ENE) |