 Kake is on the northwest coast of Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (42.37%) is water.Kake first reported on the 1880 U.S. Census as the Tlingit village of Keex Kwaan (not to be confused with the present Klukwan).