Information About

Heald Point

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 20' 53.002" N,
148 ° 11' 53.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Heald Point in Detail.

About

E point of entrance to Prudhoe Bay, on Beaufort Sea coast, 24 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain.

History

Named Point Heald by Franklin (1828, p. 159), RN, August 16, 1826; the name was erroneously printed "Herald" in the Philadelphia edition of Franklin's book. The name was misunderstood and translated by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), appearing on his 1848 map in Cyrillic, which when transliterated back into English becomes "M(ys) Zdorovya," meaning "cape of health."

Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-2 (1955), Beechey Point B-2 (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point B-2 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-2 SW (1970), Beechey Point B-2 SW (1970), Beechey Point B-2 SW (2017),

Places Near Heald Point

Archipelagos:

Niakuk Islands,

Areas:

Sag Delta Number 1, Sagavanirktok River Delta,

Bays:

Prudhoe Bay,

Capes:

Heald Point,

Islands:

Argo Island, Gull Island, Howe Island, Midway Islands, Reindeer Island,

Rivers:

Sagavanirktok River,

Cities:

Prudhoe Bay,