Description
NE tip of Hinchinbrook I., 15 mi. SW of Cordova, Chugach Mts.
History
In 1794 this name was applied to a point four miles SW of the present location, by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), who named it for William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, third Duke of Protland (Wagner, 1937, p. 376). Since Captain Nathaniel Portlock, Royal Navy (RN), in 1787, had named that feature "Point Steele," the name "Point Bentinck" was transferred to its present location.