Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Peirce is a physical feature (cape) in Bethel (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Cape Peirce places it within the 99651 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Peirce |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | 2 mi. S of Nanvak Bay and 25 mi. W of Calm Point on Hagemeister I., Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. |
| History: | "Named in 1869 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Banjamin Peirce, then superintendent of the ""Coast Survey."" Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 4), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), called it ""M(ys) Peschera,"" meaning ""cave point."" This may be the ""Calm Point named by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 431), RN, ""from our having calm weather when off it.""" |
| Borough: | Bethel (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.5527763367 |
| Longitude: | -161.768615723 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Peirce: Cape Peirce.
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 Peirce does not include property ownership information.
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