Cape Current, Alaska, United States
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Cape Current is a cape located in Kodiak Island county Alaska in the United States of America. It is at 58.4611111 latitude and -152.4825 longitude. Cape Current is at an elevation of 0 ft (0 m). The USGS map that contains this location is titled "Afognak B-2".
Description
Afognak i., N of Kodiak .
History
Name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) from the descriptive name (mys) Silnago ayechyeniya or Cape Strong Current, published by the Russian American Company in 1849. The name was first applied by sublt. Mikhail Murashev, Irn, in 1839 or 1840 to a point farther west because of the strong currents between Afognak and Shuyak Islands (Baker, 1906, p. 205).
Location Details
| Type of Place: | Cape |
| Latitude: | 58.4611111 |
| Longitude: | -152.4825 |
| Elevation: | 0 ft / 0 m |
| County: | Kodiak Island |
| USGS Map Name: | Afognak B-2 |
