Elephant Point is a physical feature (cape) in Northwest Arctic Borough.
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Feature Name: | Elephant Point |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | extends NE into Eschscholtz Bay, 44 mi. SW of Selawik, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. |
History: | "Named in 1826 by Captain Beechey (1831, p. 323), Royal Navy (RN), who wrote, ""I bestowed the name of Elephant upon the point, to mark its vincinity to the place where the fossils (bones of elephants) were found ***."" Name published o n" |
Borough: | Northwest Arctic Borough |
Latitude: | 66.2588882446 |
Longitude: | -161.334716797 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Elephant Point: Elephant Point.
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Elephant Point, AK (< 0.1 mile W) |