Alaska Gazetteer
Heald Point is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Heald Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | E point of entrance to Prudhoe Bay, on Beaufort Sea coast, 24 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "Named Point Heald by Franklin (1828, p. 159), RN, August 16, 1826; the name was erroneously printed ""Herald"" in the Philadelphia edition of Franklin's book. The name was misunderstood and translated by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), appearing on his 1848 map in Cyrillic, which when transliterated back into English becomes ""M(ys) Zdorovya,"" meaning ""cape of health.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.3480529785 |
| Longitude: | -148.19833374 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Heald Point: Heald 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 Heald Point does not include property ownership information.
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