Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Spencer is a physical feature (cape) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Spencer |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | at mouth of Dicks Arm, on N shore of Cross Sound, 45 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | "Named in 1794 by Captain Vancouver, (1798, v. 3, p. 211), Royal Navy (RN) for Earl George John Spencer, 1758-1834, a member of the English House of Commons and First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794-1801. It was called ""m(ys) Spenser"" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1378 in 1847. It is shown as ""Punta de Villaluenga"" on a general map in De Mofras' atlas published in 1845 (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1883, p. 185)." |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.2113876343 |
| Longitude: | -136.648330688 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Spencer: Cape Spencer.
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 Spencer does not include property ownership information.
