Information About

Point Hope

Quick Facts

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Location

68 ° 20' 26.999" N,
166 ° 49' 59.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Shishmaref

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Point Hope in Detail.

About

on Chukchi Sea coast, 40 mi. SW of Cape Lisburne, Arctic Slope

History

Named August 2, 1826 by Captain Beechey (1831, p. 265), Royal Navy (RN), who wrote, "I named it Point Hope in compliment to Sir William Johnstone Hope". According to Archdeacon Stuck (1920, p. 96) Hope was from a "well-known house long connected with the sea". The Russians discovered this point of land late in the eighteenth century and called it "M(ys) Golovnia" or "Cape Golovnin". The Eskimo name is descriptive, "Tikarakh" or "tikiqaq" commonly spelled "Tiagara," meaning "forefinger".

Topo Maps

Point Hope (1952), Point Hope (1955), Point Hope (1955), Point Hope (1955), Point Hope B-3 OE W SE (2014),

Places Near Point Hope

Capes:

Point Hope,

Lakes:

Ipiutak Lagoon,

Cities:

Point Hope,