Alaska Gazetteer
Christie Point is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Christie Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | 28 mi. SE of Barrow, between Dease Inlet and Elson Lagoon, Arctic Plain |
| History: | "Named by Thomas Simpson (1843, p. 150) August 3, 1837, for Chief Factor Christie of the Hudson's Bay Company, ""a warm personal friend, and also a zealous promoter of the interests of the expedition."" The Eskimo name Tool=a=via, is shown by Maguire (Great Britain, 1854, map facing p. 186) and may mean (Tulavik) ""place for coming ashore.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 71.1763916016 |
| Longitude: | -155.583328247 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Christie Point: Christie Point.
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 Christie Point does not include property ownership information.
