Cape Douglas is a physical feature (cape) in Kodiak Island Borough.
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Feature Name: | Cape Douglas |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | South of the entrance to Sukoi Bay, on the NE coast of Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, 33 mi SE of Augustine Island, Aleutian Range. |
History: | "Name given by Captain Cook (1785, p385), Royal Navy (RN), on May 25, 1778. He wrote, ""This promontory I named Cape Douglas in honor of my very good friend, Dr. [John] Duglas, canon of Windsor."" Wagner (1937, p384) says, ""in reality he [Cook] considered the two-headed mountain to be the cape as he was at some distance from it ."" Baker (1906, p. 224): ""The native name is given as Kuluak, Koukhat, and Kuchat.""" |
Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
Latitude: | 58.8522224426 |
Longitude: | -153.282226562 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Douglas: Cape Douglas.
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