Information About

Point Brower

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 17' 37" N,
147 ° 48' 2.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Point Brower in Detail.

About

W point of entrance to Foggy Island Bay, on Beaufort Sea coast, 35 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain.

History

Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 94), after Charles DeWitt Brower, (locally known as "King of the Arctic"), "a trader and guide with whom I (Leffingwell) * * * spent many weeks * * * during visits to that place" (p. 13).

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 SE (1970), Beechey Point B-2 SE (1970), Beechey Point B-2 SE (1970), Beechey Point B-2 SE (2017),

Places Near Point Brower

Areas:

Sagavanirktok River Delta,

Bars:

Boulder Patch,

Capes:

Anxiety Point, Point Brower,

Islands:

Bartlett Island, Cross Island, Dinkum Sands, Duck Island, Foggy Island, Foggy Island, Foggy Island, Howe Island,

Rivers:

Kadleroshilik River,