Point Woodcock is a physical feature (cape) in Chugach Borough.
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Feature Name: | Point Woodcock |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | on NW coast of Montague I., 10 mi. NE of Cape Cleare, 60 mi. SE of Seward, Chugach Mts. |
History: | Named by Captain Nathaniel Portlock (1789, p. 7), Royal Navy (RN), about April 24, 1787, for Joseph Woodcock, an apprentice aboard the King George, who was frequently sent ashore among the Indians as a hostage. Name shown only on his chart ( Wagner, 1937, p. 524). |
Borough: | Chugach Borough |
Latitude: | 59.9044456482 |
Longitude: | -147.809173584 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Woodcock: Point Woodcock.
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