Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Greville is a physical feature (cape) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Cape Greville places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Cape Greville |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | 17 mi. SE of Kodiak, Kodiak I. |
| History: | "Named on June 8, 1778, by Captain Cook (1785, v. z, p. 405-406), who applied the name to a point 2 mi. north, which is now ""Cape Chiniak."" He wrote, ""The land here forms a point, which was named Cape Greville. It lies in the latitude of 573300 and is distant fifteen leagues from Cape St. Hermogenes, in the direction of South, 170000 West.""" |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.5900001526 |
| Longitude: | -152.157775879 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Greville: Cape Greville.
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 Greville does not include property ownership information.
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Chiniak, AK
(3.1 miles NNW) Kodiak, AK (16.6 miles NNW) |
Mill Bay, AK
(17.3 miles NNW) Womens Bay, AK (20 miles WNW) |
| Aleksashkina, AK (15.1 miles NNW) |
