Tangent Point is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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Feature Name: | Tangent Point |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | E point of entrance to Dease Inlet, 39 mi. SE of Barrow, Arctic Plain. |
History: | "Thomas Simpson (1843, p. 145) wrote, August 2, 1837, ""The land, soon turned sharply off to SSW, forming an acute angle, well termed Point Tangent."" However, it appears on his chart as Tangent Point. Commander Maguire's map (Great Britain, 1854, facing p. 186) gives the Eskimo name ""Maghi.""" |
Borough: | North Slope Borough |
Latitude: | 71.1461105347 |
Longitude: | -155.094161987 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Tangent Point: Tangent Point.
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