Alaska Gazetteer
Point Barrow is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Point Barrow |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | Between Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, northernmost point in the United States, Arcitic Plain. |
| History: | "Named by Captain Beechey (1831, p. 302), Royal Navy (RN), in Sept. 1826 for Sir John Barrow ""to mark the progress of northern discovery * * * advocated by that distinguished member of our naval administration."" The point was discovered by Thomas Elson, William Smyth, and the crew whom Beechey sent in an open boat to explore northward when his ship, His (Her) Majesty's Ship (HMS) Blossom, was unable to proceed farther. The Eskimo name for the point is ""Nuwak"" meaning ""point of land"". The name ""Cape North,"" originally applied by Thomas Simpson, had some use on early charts before the present name became established." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 71.3874969482 |
| Longitude: | -156.481109619 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Barrow: Point Barrow.
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 Point Barrow does not include property ownership information.
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Nuwuk, AK
(< 0.1 mile) |
Browerville, AK
(8.9 miles SW) |
