Turn Point

Turn Point is a cape in Petersburg Borough, Alaska. Turn Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Kupreanof, as well as near Scow Bay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport and Sons of Norway Hall.

Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport

Aerodrome

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Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile southeast of the central business district of Petersburg, a city in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska that has no road access to the outside world.

Sons of Norway Hall

Monument

Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.

The Sons of Norway Hall, also known as Fedrelandet Lodge #23, is a historic fraternal society building on Indian St. in Petersburg, Alaska. It is a large two-story wood-frame structure with a gambrel roof, measuring about 105 feet in length and 55 feet in width.

Petersburg High School

School

Petersburg High School is the public high school for the Southeast Alaskan community of Petersburg and the Petersburg City School District. The current principal is Brad King.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kupreanof and Petersburg.

Kupreanof

Hamlet

Photo: Gillfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kupreanof is a city on the eastern shore of Kupreanof Island in the Petersburg Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 21 as of the 2020 census, down from 27 in 2010. It is the smallest incorporated city in the state as of 2020.

Petersburg

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Petersburg is a census-designated place in and essentially the borough seat of Petersburg Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 3,043 at the 2020 census, up from 2,948 in 2010.

Turn Point

Type: Cape
Also known as: “Cone Point”
Category: landform
Location: Petersburg Borough, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude

56.80417° or 56° 48′ 15″ north

Longitude

-132.97917° or 132° 58′ 45″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

9489R23C+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7770572654

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

5558123

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