Alaska Gazetteer
Ouzinkie Point is a physical feature (cape) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Ouzinkie Point places it within the AK 99644 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Ouzinkie Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | SW extremity of Spruce Island, at the W endtrance to Narrow Strait, 1 mi SW of Ouzinkie. |
| History: | "Transliteration of the Russian ""Uzenkiy,"" from ""uzkiy,"" meaning ""very narrow."" Named ""M(ys) Yelovoy"" by Murashev in 1839 or 1840 and published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425. Baker (1906, p. 594) published ""Spruce Cape,"" the translation of Murashev's name. Because of duplication and its appropriate descriptive qualities, the present name was given by USC&G S in 1909." |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.9183349609 |
| Longitude: | -152.516113281 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ouzinkie Point: Ouzinkie 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 Ouzinkie Point does not include property ownership information.
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Ouzinkie, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Mill Bay, AK (9.2 miles SE) Kodiak, AK (9.8 miles SSE) Kodiak Station, AK (10.4 miles SSW) |
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(13.9 miles WSW) Womens Bay, AK (17.3 miles SSW) Aleneva, AK (17.5 miles NW) |
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(11.3 miles SSE) Aleut Village, AK (11.4 miles NW) Afognak, AK (11.6 miles NW) Duck Village, AK (13.2 miles N) |
