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Niyghapak Point

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Location

63 ° 13' 55.999" N,
168 ° 43' 26" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Savoonga

Niyghapak Point in Detail.

About

Formed by a spur of the Kinipaghulghat Mountains, 4.3 mi S of Northeast Cape, in the central part of the E coast of Saint Lawrence Island.

History

Eskimo name reported in 1932 by Otto W. Geist, University of Alaska.