Cape Prince of Wales

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cape geographic feature headland

Cape Prince of Wales is the westernmost point of mainland North America, located in Alaska where the Seward Peninsula meets the Bering Strait.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cape Prince of Wales canonical 2

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cape ⓘ
geographic feature ⓘ
headland ⓘ
adjacentTo Bering Sea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chukchi Sea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
coordinates approximately 65.6°N 168.1°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distanceToCapeDezhnev approximately 89 km ⓘ
distanceToRussiaAtClosestPoint approximately 89 km ⓘ
facesBodyOfWater Bering Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSignificance extreme point of mainland North America ⓘ
reference point for Bering Strait navigation ⓘ
isWesternmostPointOf mainland North America ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInTimeZone Alaska Time Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Bering Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seward Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnTectonicPlate North American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedBy James Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbySettlement Wales, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestMajorSea Bering Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chukchi Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
oppositePointAcrossStrait Cape Dezhnev NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Bering Land Bridge National Preserve vicinity ⓘ
region Seward Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates Bering Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chukchi Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Alaska ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seward Peninsula → contains → Cape Prince of Wales ⓘ
Naukan → locatedOpposite → Cape Prince of Wales ⓘ