Alaska Gazetteer
Humphrey Point is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Humphrey Point |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on Arctic coast, between Beaufort Sea and Pokok Bay, 35 mi. BW of Demarcation Point, Arctic Plain |
| History: | "Named by Franklin (1828, p. 145) Royal Navy (RN), on August 3, 1826. The Eskimo name ""Imaiknaurak"" was reported in 1948 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) to mean ""no more water there,"" derived from the occurrence of the sea encroaching upon and destroying a small freshwater lake." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 69.9772186279 |
| Longitude: | -142.529998779 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Humphrey Point: Humphrey 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 Humphrey Point does not include property ownership information.
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