N point of entrance to Kurgorak Bay, 37 mi. SE of Barrow, Arctic Plain
Originally named "Black Rock Point" on Thomas Simpson's map. On August 2, 1837 he wrote, "an angular mass of dark-colored granite lay off the point * * *." "Black Head" was published on Captain F. W. Beechey's "Point Rodney to Point Barrow" chart, dated 1826-54.