Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Hinchinbrook is a physical feature (cape) in Chugach Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Hinchinbrook |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on S tip of Hinchinbrook I., 35 mi. SW of Cordova; Chugach Mts. |
| History: | "Named in 1778 by Captain James Cook, RN, ""after Viscount Hinchinbroke, John Montagu's father, and afterward used by several navigators * * *"" (Wagner, 1937, p. 392). feature was called ""M(ys) Morskoi,"" meaning ""sea cape"", by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 6), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.2347221375 |
| Longitude: | -146.641662598 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Hinchinbrook: Cape Hinchinbrook.
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