Description
S tip of Takanis Peninsula, on Yakobi I., 25 mi. NW of Chichagof; Alex. Arch.
History
named on May 3, 1778, by Captain James Cook, Royal Navy (RN), because it was "first seen on that day (Holy Cross Day) so marked in our calendar" (1785, v. 2, p. 345-346). by the Russians (Tebenkov, 1852, map 8) as "Mys Kresta" meaning "Cape Cross."