HANGO HEAD, a promontory on the north coast of the Gulf of Finland, at its mouth, in N. Lat. 59. 46. 20.; E. Long. 22. 58. In 1714 the Swedes were defeated in a naval engagement by the Russians off this point; and on 5th June 1855, an English boat's crew, while landing Russian prisoners under a flag of truce at the village of Hango, were attacked by troops under cover, when ten or twelve men were killed, and the others captured.