Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Prince of Wales is a physical feature (cape) in Nome (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Cape Prince of Wales places it within the 99783 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Prince of Wales |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | westernmost point of seward Peninsula, 55 mi. NW of Teller, Seward Peninsula High. |
| History: | Named on Sunday, May 9, 1778, by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 443), Royal Navy (RN), who said, This point of land, which I named Cape Prince of Wales, is the more remarkable, by being the Western extremity of all America hitherto known. The Eskimo name, published by Sarichev (1826, map 4), was M(ys) Nykhta, that is, Nykhta Cape. It is reported that in 1728 Bering named it Mys Gvozdeva, or Gvozdev Cape, probably for Michael Gvozdev, a Russian surveyor who made explorations in this area. |
| Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 65.5963897705 |
| Longitude: | -168.084716797 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Prince of Wales: Cape Prince of Wales.
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