Povorotni Point is a physical feature (cape) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Povorotni Point places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Povorotni Point |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | N point of entrance to Redoubt Bay, 7.5 mi. SW of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I.; Alex. Arch. |
History: | "named in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""M(ys) Poyorotnoy,"" meaning ""turnabout island.""" |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 56.948890686 |
Longitude: | -135.390838623 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Povorotni Point: Povorotni Point.
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 Povorotni Point does not include property ownership information.
Goddard, AK (7.9 miles S) |