Alaska Gazetteer
Point Lay is a physical feature (cape) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Point Lay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on barrier island of Chukchi Sea coast, 43 mi. SW of Icy Cape, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "Named in September 1826 by Captain Beechey (1831, v. 1, p. 303), Royal Navy (RN), who wrote, ""and to the points and inlets to the southward (of Cape Smyth) I with pleasure affixed the names of the officers of the ship, whose merits entitled them to this distinction."" George Tradescant Lay was the naturalist of the expedition. Tikhmeniev's 1861 map shows the name M(ys) Sloistyy meaning ""in layers.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 69.7624969482 |
| Longitude: | -163.054168701 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Lay: Point Lay.
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 Lay does not include property ownership information.
