Alaska Gazetteer
Point Hope is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough. The primary coordinates for Point Hope places it within the 99766 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Point Hope |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on Chukchi Sea coast, 40 mi. SW of Cape Lisburne, Arctic Slope |
| History: | "Named August 2, 1826 by Captain Beechey (1831, p. 265), Royal Navy (RN), who wrote, ""I named it Point Hope in compliment to Sir William Johnstone Hope"". According to Archdeacon Stuck (1920, p. 96) Hope was from a ""well-known house long connected with the sea"". The Russians discovered this point of land late in the eighteenth century and called it ""M(ys) Golovnia"" or ""Cape Golovnin"". The Eskimo name is descriptive, ""Tikarakh"" or ""tikiqaq"" commonly spelled ""Tiagara,"" meaning ""forefinger""." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 68.3408355713 |
| Longitude: | -166.833328247 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Hope: Point Hope.
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 Hope does not include property ownership information.
