Point Jackson is a physical feature (cape) in Nome (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Point Jackson |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | on barrier beach between Breving Lagoon and Port Clarence, 8 mi. NW of Teller, Swward Peninsula High. |
History: | "Named in 1827 by Captain Beechey (1831, p. 543), Royal Navy (RN), ""in compliment to the Honorable* * * Captain Samuel Jackson, C. B., * * * of whom I am indebted for my earliest connexion (sic) with the voyages of Northern Discovery.""" |
Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 65.3280563354 |
Longitude: | -166.616104126 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Jackson: Point Jackson.
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 Jackson does not include property ownership information.
Brevig Mission, AK
(3.6 miles E) Port Clarence, AK (8.1 miles SW) |
Teller, AK
(8.7 miles ESE) |