Alaska Gazetteer
Cape Thompson is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough. The primary coordinates for Cape Thompson places it within the 99766 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Cape Thompson |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | Juts into the Chukchi Sea, 26 mi SE of Point Hope, Arctic Slope. |
| History: | "Named by Captain Frederick William Beechey (1831, p. 262), Royal Navy, who wrote on August 2, 1826, ""We closed with a high cape, which I named after Mr. Deas Thompson, one of the commissioners of the navy."" An early Eskimo name for the cape was ""Uivaq,"" generally spelled ""Wevuk"" or ""Wevok."" Cape Thompson was often referred to as ""Unvaq Qanitoq,"" meaning ""near cape,"" as opposed to ""Univaq Ungasiktoq"" (Cape Lisburne) meaning ""distant cape."" This cape was discovered by the Russians in the late eighteenth century and was called by them ""M(ys) Rikord,"" i.e., ""Cape Rikord,"" for Peter Ivanovich Rikord, 1776-1855, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), Governor of Kamchatka, 1817-22." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 68.1438903809 |
| Longitude: | -165.977783203 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cape Thompson: Cape Thompson.
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 Thompson does not include property ownership information.
| Chariot, AK (6.6 miles ESE) |
