Cape Prince of Wales

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The westernmost mainland point of the Americas.

Word forms

Cape Prince of Wales

Etymology

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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