Point Highland is a physical feature (cape) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Point Highland |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | on N shore of Federick Sound, 4 mi. SE of Cape Fanshaw and 72 mi. E of Sitka, Coast Mts. |
History: | Descriptive name given in 1868 by Commander R.W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), name published by US@C&GS in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 126). The point is heavily wooded and precipitous. |
Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 57.150554657 |
Longitude: | -133.460830688 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Highland: Point Highland.
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Cape Fanshaw, AK
(4.5 miles NNW) |
Entrance Island, AK
(18.1 miles N) |