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Topkok Head in Nome (CA) Borough AK

Topkok Head, Nome (CA) Borough, Alaska

Topkok Head is a physical feature (cape) in Nome (CA) Borough.

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Feature Name:	Topkok Head
Category:	Alaska physical, cultural and historic features
Feature Type:	Physical
Class:	Cape
Description:	on N coast of Norton Sound, 14 mi. E of Solomon, Seward Peninsula high
History:	"Local name reported in 1900 by Barnard (in brooks, 1901, pl. 17), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) published ""Cape Topkok"" in 1900. The name is derived from the village reported as ""Tupka-ak"" by Petroff in the 10th Census in 1880. This appears to be the feature reported in 1842-44 as ""M(ys) Utesistyy,"" meaning ""cliffy cape,"" by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and shown as ""M(ys) Utes"" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 2), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)."
Borough:	Nome (CA) Borough
Latitude:	64.5541687012
Longitude:	-163.983337402

Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Topkok Head: Topkok Head.

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