Cape Fairweather in Yakutat Borough AK

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Cape Fairweather, Yakutat Borough, Alaska

Cape Fairweather is a physical feature (cape) in Yakutat Borough.

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Feature Name: Cape Fairweather
Category: Alaska physical, cultural and historic features
Feature Type: Physical
Class: Cape
Description: point of land, in Glacier Bay National Monument, on E shore of Cape of Alaska, 5 mi. S of mouth of Sea Otter Creek and 103 mi. NW of Hoonah, Malaspina Coastal Plain.
History: "Named ""Cape Fair Weather"" in 1778 by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 346), RN, presumably because of the good weather encountered at the time. The name has been translated variously. It was called ""Cape Beautemps"" by La Perouse in 1786, ""Cape Buen-tiempo"" by Galiano in 1802, and ""M(ys) Hor(oshiy) Pogody"" by the Russians in 1847. Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), called it ""M(ys) Ltua"" meaning ""Cape Ltua."""
Borough: Yakutat Borough
Latitude: 58.805557251
Longitude: -137.944168091

Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Fairweather: Cape Fairweather.


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