Elephant Point (Alaska)

Elephant Point is a headland in Kotzebue Sound, Chukchi Sea in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States.[1]

It extends northeast into Eschscholtz Bay, 44 miles (71 km) southeast of Selawik.

This headland was named in 1826 by Royal Navy Captain Frederick William Beechey who wrote in his log: "I bestowed the name of Elephant upon the point, to mark its vicinity to the place where the fossils (bones of elephants) were found." Those bones probably belonged to mammoths.

A populated place named Elephant Point lies nearby.[2]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1950108—
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

Elephant Point appeared once on the 1950 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It was also known as Buckland Post Office. Residents from Buckland relocated from there for a brief period before returning to that village.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Elephant Point (cape)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Elephant Point (populated place)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22Agaligamute%22&source=bl&ots=Tzy-F6Dup7&sig=B81GmrTlcKv3jtL_iWMYTwV3FSo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj69sDB-MLUAhXD2T4KHTt1Dc0Q6AEILjAD#v=onepage&q=%22buckland&f=false

Coordinates: 66°15′32″N 161°20′05″W / 66.25889°N 161.33472°W / 66.25889; -161.33472


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