Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Halkett is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Halkett |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on coast of Beaufort Sea, W point of entrance to Harrison Bay, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "Dease and Simpson (Simpson, Thomas, 1843, p. 133) July 26, 1837, reported that ""this remarkable point was named Cape Halkett, in compliment to one of the Company's (Hudson's Bay) Directors."" Leffingwell (1919, p. 96) gives the Eskimo name as ""Ishuk,"" which he says Vilhjalmur Stefansson spells ""Isuk,"" meaning ""end.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.8027801514 |
| Longitude: | -152.188049316 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Halkett: Cape Halkett.
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