Alaska Gazetteer
Point Cochrane is a physical feature (cape) in Chugach Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Point Cochrane |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on NE coast of Kenai Peninsula, at S entrance to Passage Canal, 11 mi. E of Whittier, Chugach Mts. |
| History: | This point was investigated by Joseph Whidbey on June 5, 1794, and named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), probably for Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, British naval officer and later admiral (Wagner, 1937, p. 381). |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.7672233582 |
| Longitude: | -148.361663818 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Cochrane: Point Cochrane.
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 Point Cochrane does not include property ownership information.
| Golden, AK (18.9 miles NE) |
