Cape Prince of Wales in Nome (CA) Borough AK

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Cape Prince of Wales, Nome (CA) Borough, Alaska

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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