Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Providence is a physical feature (cape) in Lake and Peninsula Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Providence |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | trends SE 7 mi. between Port Wrangell and Chiginagak Bay on the S shore of the Alaska Peninsula; Aleutian Range |
| History: | "named ""Mys ""Provideniya,"" i.e. ""Cape Providence,"" by Ensign Vasiliev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1831; his skin-boat-bidarka was wrecked here and Vasiliev narrowly escaped drowning. point of land ""Naluktchvak,"" according to Lutke (1836, p. 277)." |
| Borough: | Lake and Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.9827766418 |
| Longitude: | -156.568893433 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Providence: Cape Providence.
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 Providence does not include property ownership information.
