Castle Cape is a physical feature (cape) in Lake and Peninsula Borough.
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Feature Name: | Castle Cape |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | On SE coast of Alaska Peninsula, the S point of the entrance to Chignik Bay, trends NE 11 mi. along SE shore of Castle Bay, Aleutian Range. |
History: | "This cape is described in 1898 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross, as ""a high-turreted or castellated point, called Tuliumnit Point or Castle Cape."" shown as ""M(ys) Tuliumnit"" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1379 (1847). and named thus in 1926." |
Borough: | Lake and Peninsula Borough |
Latitude: | 56.2336120605 |
Longitude: | -158.155548096 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Castle Cape: Castle Cape.
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Chignik, AK
(10.4 miles WNW) |
Chignik Lagoon, AK
(15.3 miles WNW) |