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Cape Prince of Wales

Cape Prince of Wales is the westernmost mainland point of the Americas. It was named in 1778 by Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy, presumably for the Prince of Wales at the time, George Augustus Frederick.
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: cape
  • Also known as: “Cap du Prince de Galles”, “Cape Kigmil”, “Mys Gvozdeva”, “Mys Nykhta”, and “Mys Printsa Valliyskago ili Nykhta”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wales Airport.

Aerodrome
is a state-owned public-use located one nautical mile northwest of the central business district of , a city in the of the U.S. state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wales and Tin City.

Village
is a city of approximately 168 people in the , , . It is the westernmost city on the North American mainland, although , located on , is the westernmost city in Alaska. serves with flights on Bering Air and Ravn Alaska to .

Hamlet
is an abandoned town except for a nearby minimally staffed radar station, in the of the U.S. state of . It is situated at the mouth of Cape Creek, on the Bering Sea coast, 5 miles southeast of Cape Prince of Wales on the .

Cape Prince of Wales

Latitude
65.59596° or 65° 35′ 46″ north
Longitude
-168.09184° or 168° 5′ 31″ west
Elevation
440 feet (134 metres)
Open location code
92QHHWW5+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4087455064
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
5872091
Wiki­data ID
Q369193
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Cape Prince of Wales” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Şahzadə Uels burnu”
  • Basque: “Galesko Printzearen lurmuturra”
  • Belarusian: “мыс Прынца Уэльскага”
  • Belarusian: “Мыс Прынца Уэльскага”
  • Bengali: “প্রিন্স অফ ওয়েল্‌স অন্তরীপ”
  • Cebuano: “Cape Prince of Wales”
  • Chinese: “威尔士王子角”
  • Czech: “mys prince Waleského”
  • Dutch: “Kaap Prince of Wales”
  • Esperanto: “Kabo de Princo de Kimrio”
  • Esperanto: “Kimriprinca Kabo”
  • Estonian: “Walesi Printsi neem”
  • Finnish: “Prince of Walesin niemi”
  • French: “Cap Prince de Galles”
  • French: “cap Prince-de-Galles”
  • French: “Cap Prince-de-Galles”
  • German: “Cape Prince of Wales”
  • German: “Kap Prince of Wales”
  • Hebrew: “כף הנסיך מוויילס”
  • Icelandic: “Prince of Wales-höfði”
  • Italian: “Capo Principe di Galles”
  • Japanese: “プリンスオブウェールズ岬”
  • Kabardian: “Уелс Принц”
  • Kazakh: “Уэльс ханзада мүйісі”
  • Korean: “프린스오브웨일스곶”
  • Latvian: “Velsas Prinča rags”
  • Lithuanian: “Velso Princo kyšulys”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Prince of Wales”
  • Norwegian: “Cape Prince of Wales”
  • Persian: “دماغه شاهزاده ولز”
  • Polish: “Cape Prince of Wales”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Księcia Walii”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Príncipe de Gales”
  • Russian: “мыс Принца Уэльского”
  • Russian: “Мыс Принца Уэльского”
  • Serbian: “Рт Принц од Велса”
  • Slovak: “Mys princa Waleského”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Principe de Gales”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Príncipe de Gales”
  • Swedish: “Kap Prince of Wales”
  • Ukrainian: “мис Принца Уельського”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Принца Уельського”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kurigitavik Mound and Tin City Long Range Radar Site.

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