Barrow, Point (Alaska)
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Name (Hebrew)
פוינט בארו (אלסקה)
Name (Latin)
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
Other forms of name
Point Barrow (Alaska)
Coordinates
-156.4791667 -156.4791667 71.38888889 71.38888889 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Capes (Coasts) Alaska
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1343019
Library of congress:
sh 87001671
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Murdock, J. Ethnological results of the Point Barrow Expedition, 1987.
- Lippincott.
- Old catalog heading(Barrow, Point)
- Rand McNally.
- Web. geog.
Wikipedia description:
Point Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow). It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States, at 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W, 1,122 nautical miles (1,291 mi; 2,078 km) south of the North Pole. (The northernmost point on the North American mainland, Murchison Promontory in Canada, is 40 miles (64 km) farther north.)
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