Alaska Gazetteer
Bancas Point is a physical feature (cape) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Bancas Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on W shore of Disenchantment Bay, 1.8 mi. E of 1961 terminus of Black Glacier, 28 mi. NNE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | "Named ""Punta de las Bancas"" meaning ""point of the banks (shoals)"" in 1791 by Captain Alessandro Malaspina (Galiano, 1802, map 9)." |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.9466667175 |
| Longitude: | -139.618896484 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Bancas Point: Bancas Point.
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