Point Capones is a physical feature (cape) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Point Capones |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | SW point of entrance to Port Mayoral, on NE coast of Baker I., Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Spanish name given in 1775-79 by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle as ""Punta de Capones,"" meaning ""point of capons (the anchor stopper at the cat-head of a ship)"" (Wagner, 1937, p. 379)." |
Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 55.379901886 |
Longitude: | -133.460601807 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Capones: Point Capones.
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