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Cape Kanatak

Cape Kanatak

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kodiak Island
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 7 ft (2.13 m)
About

between Portage and Jute Bays, on E coast of Alaska Peninsula, 54 mi. W of Karluk, Aleutian Range

History of Cape Kanatak

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).