Point Franklin is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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Feature Name: | Point Franklin |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | point of land, between Peard Bay and Chukchi Sea, 33 mi. NW of Wainwright, Arctic Plain. |
History: | "Captain Beechey (1831, p. 273), Royal Navy (RN), wrote on August 15, 1826, ""a cape, which proved the most distant land seen from the ship, I named after Captain (Sir John) Franklin, Royal Navy (RN), under whose command I had the pleasure to serve on the first Polar expedition."" His map shows ""Point Franklin."" It is interesting to note that it was just two days later when Sir John Franklin named his ""farthest point"" after Captain Beechey." |
Borough: | North Slope Borough |
Latitude: | 70.9077758789 |
Longitude: | -158.808609009 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Franklin: Point Franklin.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Point Franklin does not include property ownership information.