Point Alava is a physical feature (cape) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
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Feature Name: | Point Alava |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | Located on the S tip of Revillagigedo Island, Alexander Archipelago. |
History: | "Named by Captain George Vancouver, ""August 7, 1793, no doubt in honor of Jose Manuel de Alava, who succeeded Bodega as commissioner and as commandant of San Blas***"" (Wagner, 1937, p. 372)." |
Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
Latitude: | 55.193611145 |
Longitude: | -131.184997559 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Alava: Point Alava.
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