Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Ommaney is a physical feature (cape) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Cape Ommaney places it within the 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Ommaney |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | southern tip of Baranof I., 4.5 mi. SSW of Port Alexander, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "Named in 1789 by James Colnett, English fur trader. La Perouse called it ""Tschirikow,"" for Captain Alexie Ilich Chirikov, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), the Russian navigator who he thought landed in this area July 1741. Captain Alessandro Malaspina, in 1791, called it ""Punta Oesta de la Entrada del Principe,"" meaning ""West Point of the Prince's Entrance."" In 1796-99 local traders called it ""Menzie's Cape;"" Captain U. F. Lisianski called it ""South Cape"" in 1804." |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.1672210693 |
| Longitude: | -134.669448853 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Ommaney: Cape Ommaney.
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 Cape Ommaney does not include property ownership information.
| Port Armstrong, AK (9 miles N) |
