Information About

Tangent Point

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Tangent Point on The Map

Location

71 ° 8' 46" N,
155 ° 5' 39.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Utqiagvik

Tangent Point in Detail.

About

E point of entrance to Dease Inlet, 39 mi. SE of Barrow, Arctic Plain.

History

Thomas Simpson (1843, p. 145) wrote, August 2, 1837, "The land, soon turned sharply off to SSW, forming an acute angle, well termed Point Tangent." However, it appears on his chart as Tangent Point. Commander Maguire's map (Great Britain, 1854, facing p. 186) gives the Eskimo name "Maghi."