Alaska Gazetteer
Strogonof Point is a physical feature (cape) in Lake and Peninsula Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Strogonof Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on N shore of Alaska Peninsula, NE end of 8-mi. long barrier beach that extends from SW side of Port Heiden, 10 mi. SW of Port Heiden Airfield; Bristol Bay Low. |
| History: | "shown as ""Cap du Baron Stroganoff,"" meaning ""Baron Stroganofs Cape,"" in A. J. von Krusenstern's Atlas of the Pacific Ocean (1827, map 20). Russian salt merchant, Anika Stroganof. on an 1890 U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) chart." |
| Borough: | Lake and Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.8897209167 |
| Longitude: | -158.846939087 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Strogonof Point: Strogonof Point.
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| Meshik, AK (6.4 miles ENE) |
