Escape Cape is a physical feature (cape) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Escape Cape places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Escape Cape |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | on E shore of Port Krestof, on E coast of Kruzof I.; Alex. Arch. |
History: | "U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) derived this name about 1882 from translation of part of ""Mys Koloshskoy Strechi,"" meaning ""cape Koloshian-escape""; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first. name for the Tlingit Indians." |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.1488876343 |
Longitude: | -135.578048706 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Escape Cape: Escape Cape.
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 Escape Cape does not include property ownership information.