Information About

Point Jackson

Quick Facts

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Location

65 ° 19' 41.002" N,
166 ° 36' 58" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Brevig Mission

Point Jackson in Detail.

About

on barrier beach between Breving Lagoon and Port Clarence, 8 mi. NW of Teller, Swward Peninsula High.

History

Named in 1827 by Captain Beechey (1831, p. 543), Royal Navy (RN), "in compliment to the Honorable* * * Captain Samuel Jackson, C. B., * * * of whom I am indebted for my earliest connexion (sic) with the voyages of Northern Discovery."