Alaska Gazetteer
East Foreland is a physical feature (cape) in Kenai Peninsula Borough. The primary coordinates for East Foreland places it within the AK 99611 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | East Foreland |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on E shore of Cook Inlet, 13 mi. NE of Kenai, Cook Inlet Low. |
| History: | "Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), about April 18, 1794. The Tanaina Indian name, reported by the Russian scientist I. G. Wosnesenski in 1840, was ""Mikischkin"" or ""Tuchan Tan,"" ""tan,"" meaning ""cape."" This point of land appears to be the same called ""Punta de Martinez"" by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra in 1791. ""Perhaps Bodega named it from some account by Mondofia who was in charge of the launch (that went ashore near there), or Mondofia himself, who had been with Esteban Martinez in 1788, named it"" (Wagner, 1937, p. 471)." |
| Borough: | Kenai Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.7202796936 |
| Longitude: | -151.406112671 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for East Foreland: East Foreland.
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 East Foreland does not include property ownership information.
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