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on Chukchi Sea coast, 48 mi. SW of Wainwright, Arctic Plain.
HistorySo named by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 455), Royal Navy (RN), who wrote August 15, 1778, "The eastern extreme forms a point which was much encumbered with ice; for which reason it obtained the name of Icy Cape." This was the northern limit of Cook's discoveries. The Eskimo word "Utoqaq" means "old" or "ancient" place.
