Alaska Gazetteer
Pakenham Point is a physical feature (cape) in Chugach Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Pakenham Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | between Barry Arm Port Wells and College Fiord, 63 mi. kSE of Anchorage, Chugach Mtns. |
| History: | Named in 1794 by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), probably for Sir Thomas Pakenham, the commander of the West Indies station in 1786, while Vancouver was serving there (Wagner, 1837), p. 40) |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 61.005279541 |
| Longitude: | -148.066116333 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Pakenham Point: Pakenham 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 Pakenham Point does not include property ownership information.
| Golden, AK (3.6 miles SE) |
