Alaska Gazetteer
Icy Cape is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Icy Cape |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on Chukchi Sea coast, 48 mi. SW of Wainwright, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "So named by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 455), Royal Navy (RN), who wrote August 15, 1778, ""The eastern extreme forms a point which was much encumbered with ice; for which reason it obtained the name of Icy Cape."" This was the northern limit of Cook's discoveries. The Eskimo word ""Utoqaq"" means ""old"" or ""ancient"" place." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.3297195435 |
| Longitude: | -161.874160767 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Icy Cape: Icy Cape.
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