Alaska Gazetteer
Dog Point is a physical feature (cape) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Dog Point places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Dog Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on W tip of Lisianski Peninsula, 9 mi. N of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "This is an 1882 translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) of the name given in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""M(ys) Sabachey.""" |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.1691665649 |
| Longitude: | -135.419174194 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Dog Point: Dog 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 Dog Point does not include property ownership information.
