Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Lisburne is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough. The primary coordinates for Cape Lisburne places it within the 99766 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Lisburne |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on Chukchi Sea coast, 40 mi. NE of village of Point Hope, Arctic Slope. |
| History: | "Discovered and named by Captain Cook (1785, p. 460), Royal Navy (RN), on August 21, 1778 who wrote ""The southern extreme seemed to form a point which was named Cape Lisburne."" An early Eskimo name for the cape was ""Uivaq,"" generally spelled ""Wevuk"" or ""Wevok."" Cape Lisburne was often referred to as ""Uivaq Ungasiktoq"" meaning ""distant cape"" as opposed to ""Uivaq Qanitoq"" (Cape Thompson) meaning ""near cape.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 68.881111145 |
| Longitude: | -166.210006714 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Lisburne: Cape Lisburne.
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 Cape Lisburne does not include property ownership information.
| Wevok, AK (3.1 miles ESE) |
