Cape Lutke (Alaska)

Cape Lutkeis a headland onUnimak Island,the largestislandin theAleutian Islandschain of theU.S. stateofAlaska.It is located on the southern central coast of the island.

This headland was namedMys Litke,after Russian explorer CountFyodor Petrovich Litke,by theImperial Russian Hydrographic Servicein 1847. "Litke" is the Russian form of the German "Lütke", which is Anglicized as "Lutke".^[1]

This same point was calledMys Sivuchiy(meaning "SealionCape "in Russian) by Capt.Tebenkovin 1852, andCape Promontoryby theU.S. Bureau of Fisheries(USBF) in 1888.

References

^"Feature Detail Report for: Cape Lutke (Aleutians East Borough, Alaska)".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.

54°29′02″N164°20′59″W/ 54.48389°N 164.34972°W/54.48389; -164.34972

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[1] "Feature Detail Report for: Cape Lutke (Aleutians East Borough, Alaska)".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.

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