Point Nelson is a physical feature (cape) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
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Feature Name: | Point Nelson |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | S point of entrance to Smeaton Bay, on E bank of Behm Canal, Coast Mts. |
History: | "Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), ""August 7, 1793, after Captain Horatio Nelson, (later, Lord Nelson) RN, * * *"" (Wagner, 1937, p. 399)." |
Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
Latitude: | 55.30027771 |
Longitude: | -130.925552368 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Nelson: Point Nelson.
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 Nelson does not include property ownership information.