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Cape Cross

Cape Cross

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Hoonah-Angoon (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 43 ft (13.11 m)
About

S tip of Takanis Peninsula, on Yakobi I., 25 mi. NW of Chichagof; Alex. Arch.

History of Cape Cross

named on May 3, 1778, by Captain James Cook, Royal Navy (RN), because it was "first seen on that day (Holy Cross Day) so marked in our calendar" (1785, v. 2, p. 345-346). by the Russians (Tebenkov, 1852, map 8) as "Mys Kresta" meaning "Cape Cross."