Description
Cape Kanatak is located between Portage and Jute Bays, on E coast of Alaska Peninsula, 54 mi. W of Karluk, Aleutian Range
History
Name derived from "Kanatak Bay," the native name for Portage Bay, published on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1379 in 1847 as "Z(aliv) Kanatak." This point was called "Cape Lgvac" by Admiral Krusenstern (1827, map 17), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).