North Head – Cape in Aleutians West, Alaska

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1416271

Location

State Alaska

County Aleutians West

Feature Class Cape

Coordinates

DMS

51°58'40"N 177°34'08"E

Decimal Degrees

51.9777778, 177.5688889

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Kiska C-2 NE

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Amchitka

62.7 mi ESE

Also Known As

Yaxax

Hydrography

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Description

N of Kiska Harbor on E coast of Kiska I., Aleutian Islands.

History

Local name recorded by US@C&GS in 1905.

Nearby Features

Milton Creek Stream · 0.6 mi NNE
Kiska Harbor Bay · 0.8 mi SSW
Cooper Creek Stream · 1.0 mi WNW
Bubbling Brook Stream · 1.3 mi NW
Salmon Lagoon Bay · 1.5 mi NNW
Barnacle Point Cape · 1.6 mi SW
Marble Hill Summit · 1.6 mi WSW
Sub Point Cape · 1.7 mi SSW
Moose Creek Stream · 1.9 mi WSW
Trout Lagoon Lake · 1.9 mi W

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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