Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Simpson is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Simpson |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on coast of Beaufort Sea, W point of entrance to Smith Bay, Arctic Plain |
| History: | "On July 28, 1837, Thomas Simpson (1843, p. 138) wrote: ""we encamped on the extremity of this well-defined point, which, as a testimony of sincere respect and regard for the able and indefatigable Governor of all the Company's (Hudson's Bay) territories, we named Cape George Simpson."" The Eskimo name We-wa-le-ah appears on Maguire's chart (Great Britain, 1854, facing p. 186)." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.9891662598 |
| Longitude: | -154.572494507 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Simpson: Cape Simpson.
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