Alaska Gazetteer
Collinson Point is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Collinson Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | between Simpson Cove and Camden Bay, 30 mi. SW of Barter I., Arctic Plain |
| History: | "Named by Lieutenant Commander C. H. Stockton, U.S. Navy (USN), for Captain Richard Collinson, Royal Navy (RN), of the H.M.S. Enterprise who explored along the north coast of Alaska in 1851 and in 1853-54. The Eskimo name for this point of land according to Leffingwell (1919, p. 94) was ""Nuwuak"", which he indicates may mean ""influenza."" This may be the word ""nuvak"" meaning ""cough,"" but may just as likely be ""nuvuk"" meaning ""cape"" or ""point of land.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 69.9916687012 |
| Longitude: | -144.907501221 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Collinson Point: Collinson Point.
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