Alaska Gazetteer
Point Carrew is a physical feature (cape) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Point Carrew |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | at mouth of Monti Bay, at N end of Phipps Peninsula, 8 mi. W of Yakutat, Malaspina Coastal Plain |
| History: | "Named in 1787 by Captain Dixon (1789, p. 170). There has been confusion in the application of the names ""Phipps, Carrew and Ocean Points."" According to the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 206) Captain Kromchenko, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1823 applied the name ""Phipps"" to this point." |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.5588874817 |
| Longitude: | -139.83833313 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Carrew: Point Carrew.
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 Point Carrew does not include property ownership information.
| Situk, AK (13.1 miles SE) |
