Alaska Gazetteer
Point Collie is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough. The primary coordinates for Point Collie places it within the 99782 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Point Collie |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on N shore of Wainwright Inlet, 2 mi. SW of Wainwright, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "Named ""Cape Collie"" in September 1826 by Capt Beechey (1831, v.1, p. 303), who wrote, ""and to the points and inlets to the southward (of Cape Smyth) I with pleasure affixed the nams of the officers of the ship, whose merits entitled them to this distinction."" This point was named for surgeon Alexander Collie, discoverer of the coal veins near Cape Beaufort, contributor to meteorlogical observations, natural history, and the Royal Navy's journal of geological research. Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1495 published in 1854, shows the name ""Kalidge"", which probably comes from an erroneous transliteration of ""Collie"" into Russian." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.6116638184 |
| Longitude: | -160.104995728 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Collie: Point Collie.
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