Alaska Gazetteer
Point Campbell is a physical feature (cape) in Anchorage Borough. The primary coordinates for Point Campbell places it within the AK 99502 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Point Campbell |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | between Knik and Turnagain Arms, Cook Inlet, 5.2 mi. SW of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low. |
| History: | Named May 4, 1794, by Joseph Whidbey, probably for Sir Joseph Campbell, governor of Jamaica in 1785 when Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), was in the West Indies (Wagner, 1937, p. 379). |
| Borough: | Anchorage Borough |
| Latitude: | 61.1561126709 |
| Longitude: | -150.072219849 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Campbell: Point Campbell.
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 Point Campbell does not include property ownership information.
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Anchorage, AK
(7.1 miles NE) |
Point MacKenzie, AK
(14.4 miles NNE) |
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Turnagain Heights, AK
(5.1 miles ENE) |
Campbell, AK
(6 miles E) |
