Cape Wrangell
Cape Wrangell is considered to be the westernmost point of Alaska and all of the United States by direction of travel, named after the Russian explorer and seaman Ferdinand von Wrangel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Aleutians West Census Area, United States of America
- Also known as: “Cape Wrangel” and “Mys Vrangelya”
Cape Wrangell
- Category: landform
- Location: Aleutians West, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
52.92104° or 52° 55′ 16″ northLongitude
172.43774° or 172° 26′ 16″ eastElevation
226 feet (69 metres)Open location code
9V4JWCCQ+C3OpenStreetMap ID
node 3974043118OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cape Wrangell” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cape Wrangell”
- Czech: “Wrangellův mys”
- Japanese: “ランゲル岬”
- Latvian: “Vrangeļa rags”
- Polish: “Cape Wrangell”
- Serbian: “Cape Wrangell”
- Serbian: “Рт Врангел”
- Swedish: “Kap Wrangel”
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