Alaska Gazetteer
False Cape is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | False Cape |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | between Peard Bay and Chukchi Sea, E of Point Franklin, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | This unidentified point of land appears to have been named by British naval officers as the name is shown on British Admiralty (Brit. Adm.) Chart 593, 1827-55. Captain Hooper (1881, p. 40), U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), mentions anchoring near False Cape in Peard Bay in 1880. |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.9051895142 |
| Longitude: | -158.77973938 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for False Cape: False Cape.
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