Vallenar Point is a physical feature (cape) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. The primary coordinates for Vallenar Point places it within the AK 99901 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Vallenar Point |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | N tip of Gravina I., Alex. Arch |
History: | "Named by Captain Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), ""August 13, 1793, no doubt after his friend Ambrosio O'Higgins de Vallenar, Viceroy of Chile "" (Wagner, 1937, p. 420); O'Higgins of Ballenagh, Ireland, naturalized in Chile, became a national hero." |
Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
Latitude: | 55.4241676331 |
Longitude: | -131.848892212 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Vallenar Point: Vallenar 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 Vallenar Point does not include property ownership information.
Ketchikan, AK
(9.8 miles SE) Saxman, AK (12.3 miles SE) |
Loring, AK
(14.9 miles NE) |
Port Higgins, AK
(2.4 miles NE) Mud Bay, AK (3.1 miles E) |
Clover Pass, AK
(4.1 miles NE) |