North Point – Cape in Prince of Wales-Hyder, Alaska

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1423991

Location

State Alaska

County Prince of Wales-Hyder

Feature Class Cape

Coordinates

DMS

56°37'43"N 132°57'27"W

Decimal Degrees

56.6286111, -132.9575

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Petersburg C-3 NW

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Tonka (historical)

6.6 mi N

Hydrography

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Description

13 mi. S of Petersburg, on SE coast of Kupreanof I., Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1879 by W. H. Dall, US@C&GS.

Nearby Features

South Ledge Bar · 0.4 mi SSE
North Ledge Bar · 0.5 mi ESE
Bush Top Island Island · 0.6 mi NE
Wrangell Narrows Channel · 0.8 mi NE
Spruce Point Cape · 0.8 mi ENE
Colorado Reef Bar · 1.1 mi NE
Colorado Creek Stream · 1.2 mi NNE
Halfmoon Anchorage Bay · 1.2 mi ENE
Burnt Island Reef Bar · 1.2 mi SSW
Boulder Flats Flat · 1.3 mi NNE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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