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Elephant Point

Elephant Point

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Northwest Arctic
Nearest City:
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extends NE into Eschscholtz Bay, 44 mi. SW of Selawik, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.

History of Elephant Point

Named in 1826 by Captain Beechey (1831, p. 323), Royal Navy (RN), who wrote, "I bestowed the name of Elephant upon the point, to mark its vincinity to the place where the fossils (bones of elephants) were found ***." Name published o n

Places Near Elephant Point
Bays:

Eschscholtz Bay,

Capes:

Elephant Point,

Rivers:

Dick Slough,

Streams:

Duck Creek,

Cities:

Elephant Point,