Point Latouche is a physical feature (cape) in Yakutat Borough.
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Feature Name: | Point Latouche |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | E point between Disenchantment and Yakutat Bays, 25 mi. N of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts. |
History: | "Named in 1794 by Lieutenant Peter Puget Royal Navy (RN), (in Vancouver, 1798, v.3, p.224), undoubtedly for Admiral Latouche-Treville, French naval commander (Wagner, 1937, p. 394) during the French Revolution and later under Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1791, Captain Malaspina (Galiano, 1802, map 9) named it ""Punta de la Esperanza."" meaning ""point of hope, "" alluding to his hope of finding the Northwest Passage at the end of Yakutat Bay." |
Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
Latitude: | 59.9033317566 |
Longitude: | -139.628051758 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Latouche: Point Latouche.
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 Latouche does not include property ownership information.