Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Current is a physical feature (cape) in Kodiak Island Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Current |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | Afognak i., N of Kodiak . |
| History: | Name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) from the descriptive name (mys) Silnago ayechyeniya or Cape Strong Current, published by the Russian American Company in 1849. The name was first applied by sublt. Mikhail Murashev, Irn, in 1839 or 1840 to a point farther west because of the strong currents between Afognak and Shuyak Islands (Baker, 1906, p. 205). |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.4611129761 |
| Longitude: | -152.482498169 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Current: Cape Current.
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 Current does not include property ownership information.
| Port William, AK (4.1 miles WNW) |
