Alaska Gazetteer
Black Point is a physical feature (cape) in Kodiak Island Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Black Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on SW coast of Sitkalidak I., on SE coast of Kodiak I. |
| History: | "Descriptive name given in 1888 by Lieutenant Commander Tanner, U.S. Navy (USN), Commander of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross from 1888 to 1893, while making investigations of fisheries and fishing grounds in the area. This name was published by von Krusenstern (1827, map 17) as ""Point du Cap"" or ""Cape Point,"" and by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22) as ""M(ys) Mysovskoy"" or ""Cape Promontory.""" |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.9941673279 |
| Longitude: | -153.309997559 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Black Point: Black Point.
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 Black Point does not include property ownership information.
| Port Hobron, AK (12.9 miles NNE) |
