False Cape – Cape in Humboldt, California

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 223376

Location

State California

County Humboldt

Feature Class Cape

Coordinates

DMS

40°30'36"N 124°23'12"W

Decimal Degrees

40.5101301, -124.3867234

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Ferndale OE W

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Capetown

3.2 mi SSE

Also Known As

Cape De Fortunas Cape Fortunas False Cape Mendocino

Hydrography

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Description

6.4 km (4 mi) north of Cape Mendocino. (US-T121)

Nearby Features

False Cape Rock Island · 0.3 mi W
Flyblow Gulch Valley · 0.7 mi SSE
Oil Creek Stream · 0.9 mi NNE
Mussel Rock Island · 0.9 mi NNW
Elephant Rock Arch · 1.0 mi NNE
Little Bald Hill Summit · 1.7 mi ENE
Bear Gulch Valley · 2.0 mi NNE
Bear River Stream · 2.3 mi S
Guthrie Creek Stream · 2.5 mi NNE
Capetown Populated Place · 3.2 mi SSE

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.
Photos (where shown): Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons – individual licenses apply.
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