Alaska Gazetteer
Phipps Peninsula is a physical feature (cape) in Yakutat Borough. The primary coordinates for Phipps Peninsula places it within the 99689 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Phipps Peninsula |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | in Gulf of Alaska, S on Monti Bay, 1 mi. SW of Yakutat; Malaspina Coastal Plain. |
| History: | "named ""Cape Phipps"" by Captain George Dixon in 1787 for the Hon. Constantine John Phipps, Baron Mulgrave, English explorer, famous for his voyage to Spitzebergen and the Arctic Ocean in 1773 (U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 208). been some confusion in the application of the name. Cape Phipps was applied to Ocean Cape by some of the early hydrographers, and in 1823 it was applied by Captain C. V. Kromchenko to Point Carew. by Baker (1906, p. 496), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and ""Phipps Bay Peninsual"" by International Boundary Commission (IBC) in 1928." |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.5366668701 |
| Longitude: | -139.801391602 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Phipps Peninsula: Phipps Peninsula.
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 Phipps Peninsula does not include property ownership information.
| Situk, AK (11.1 miles SE) |
