Alaska Gazetteer
Atigaru Point is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Atigaru Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on coast of Beaufort Sea, extends E into Harrison Bay, Arctic Plain |
| History: | "Eskimo name published on Maguire's map (Great Britain, 1854, facing p. 186) as ""Attigaru,"" and on Surgeon John Simpson's map of about the same date as ""At-ligga-ru."" Orth was told by an Anaktuvuk Pass Eskimo in 1956 that it may mean ""old coat"" (atigaruak)." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.55027771 |
| Longitude: | -151.700836182 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Atigaru Point: Atigaru Point.
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