Description
Point Possession is located on Kenai Peninsula, between Cook Inlet and Turnagain Arm, 20 mi. SW of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low.
History
Named by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 397), RN, on June 1, 1778, who displayed the flag and took possession of the river and country in His Majesty name. Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 5), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), published the name M(ys) Naseleniya, or Populated Cape, for this point. See Possession.