Description
Cape Prince of Wales is located westernmost point of seward Peninsula, 55 mi. NW of Teller, Seward Peninsula High.
History
Named on Sunday, May 9, 1778, by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 443), Royal Navy (RN), who said, This point of land, which I named Cape Prince of Wales, is the more remarkable, by being the Western extremity of all America hitherto known. The Eskimo name, published by Sarichev (1826, map 4), was M(ys) Nykhta, that is, Nykhta Cape. It is reported that in 1728 Bering named it Mys Gvozdeva, or Gvozdev Cape, probably for Michael Gvozdev, a Russian surveyor who made explorations in this area.