Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Burunof is a physical feature (cape) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Cape Burunof places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Cape Burunof |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | N of Three Entrance Bay, 5 mi. SW of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I.; Alex Arch. |
| History: | "named in 1809 by the Russian navigator, Ivan Vasiliev the first, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""M(ys) Burunov"" or ""cape of breakers."" ""broad cape,"" was given to this point in 1849 by Captain M. D. Tebenkov, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.9838905334 |
| Longitude: | -135.377502441 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Burunof: Cape Burunof.
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| Goddard, AK (10.2 miles S) |
