Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Chiniak is a physical feature (cape) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Cape Chiniak places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Cape Chiniak |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | S point of entrance to Chiniak Bay, 15 mi. SE of Kodiak, Kodiak I. |
| History: | "Aleut name reported in 1888 by Lieutenant Commander Tanner, U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Abatross. Named ""Cape Greville"" on June 8, 1778, by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 405-406) who wrote, ""The land here forms a point, which was named Cape Greville * * * and is distant fifteen leagues from Cape St. Hermogenes, in the direction of South, 17degrees W * * *."" Baker (1906, p. 179) reports ""von Langsdorf(f) identifies it (Cape Chiniak) with Cape Hermogenes of Bering, 1741. The Russians usually called it 'Tolstoi' (broad) * * *."" This is incorrect as the name ""Tolstoy"" is applied to Cape Greville by the Russians. This feature was identified as ""Mys Chiniatskiy,"" or ""Chiniat Cape,"" by Sarichev (1826, map 16) and as ""Mys Chiniak,"" or Chiniak Cape,"" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 23). See Cape Greville." |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.6205558777 |
| Longitude: | -152.156661987 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Chiniak: Cape Chiniak.
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 Cape Chiniak does not include property ownership information.
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Chiniak, AK
(1.4 miles NW) Kodiak, AK (14.9 miles NW) Mill Bay, AK (15.4 miles NNW) |
Womens Bay, AK
(19.4 miles WNW) Kodiak Station, AK (19.5 miles WNW) |
| Aleksashkina, AK (13.3 miles NNW) |
