Alaska Gazetteer
Opasni Point is a physical feature (cape) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Opasni Point places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Opasni Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on NE coast of Whale I., 3 mi. SE of Afognak, N of Kosiak I. |
| History: | "Transliteration of ""M(ys) Opasnyy"" the name given to this point by Sub. Lieutenant Mikhail Murashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1839 or 1840 and published in 1849 on Russian Hdrog. Dept. Chart 1425. Baker (1906, p. 208) published ""Dangerous Cape,"" the translation of Murashev's name. Because of dulpication, the name was changed to its present form in 1909 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS)." |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.9772224426 |
| Longitude: | -152.722229004 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Opasni Point: Opasni Point.
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 Opasni Point does not include property ownership information.
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Ouzinkie, AK
(8.9 miles ESE) Aleneva, AK (9 miles NW) Port Lions, AK (9.6 miles SW) |
Kodiak Station, AK
(14.7 miles SSE) Kodiak, AK (17.4 miles SE) Mill Bay, AK (17.5 miles SE) |
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Afognak, AK
(3.4 miles NNW) Aleut Village, AK (3.4 miles NNW) Duck Village, AK (11 miles NE) |
Port Wakefield, AK
(13.1 miles WNW) Aleksashkina, AK (19.2 miles SE) |
