Information About

Anderson Point

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 1' 27.998" N,
144 ° 28' 5.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Anderson Point in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, on E shore of Camden Bay, Arctic Plain;

History

Named in 1914 by Leffingwell (1919, p. 93), for Dr. Rudolph Martin Anderson, of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, to whom Leffingwell was "indebted for transportation from Nome to Flaxman Island * * *".

Topo Maps

Flaxman Island A-1 (1955), Flaxman Island A-1 (1955), Flaxman Island A-1 (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island A-1 (1962),
Places Near Anderson Point
Capes:

Anderson Point,

Rivers:

Sadlerochit River,

Streams:

Itkilyariak Creek, Kajutakrok Creek,