Point Gambier is a physical feature (cape) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Point Gambier |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | on S end of Gambier I., in Stephens Passage, 4.4 mi. N of False Point Pybus, on Admiralty I., 65 mi. NE of Sitka, Alex. Arch. |
History: | This point, discovered August 4, 1794, by Lieutenant Joseph Whidbey, was named that same year by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), in honor of Baron James Gambier, 1756-1833, English vice admiral. He participated in the capture of Charleston, S.C., in 1780, during the Revolutionary War. He directed the bombardment of Copenhagen and seized the Danish Navy in 1807. As one of the British commissioners, he helped negotiate the Treaty of Ghent with the United States in 1814. |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 57.4363899231 |
Longitude: | -133.843338013 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Gambier: Point Gambier.
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 Gambier does not include property ownership information.
Entrance Island, AK (15.1 miles E) |