Cape Alava

Geographical location

Cape Alava is a headland on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.

He is regarded as the westernmost point of the Continental U.S., so apart from Hawaii and Alaska.

Location

Cape Alava is located at the end of Ozette Trail on the border between Ozette Indian Reservation and Olympic National Park. At low tide, at the west end of Tskawahyah Iceland (124 ° 44 ' 11.8 " W) are achieved, about 25 kilometers northerly Cape Flattery ( 124 ° 43 projects at high tide ' 35" W) further into the west to the Pacific.

Naming

The cape was named after José Manuel de Alava, who was involved as an agent of the Spanish Crown at the conclusion of the Convention of Nootka, which demarcated the territorial claims of Spain and Great Britain on the Pacific coast at the beginning of the nineties of the 18th century.