Information About

Point Hopson

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Hopson on The Map

Location

70 ° 11' 24" N,
146 ° 30' 52.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Point Hopson in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, 2 mi. W of Point Sweeney and 7 mi. W of Flaxman I., Arctic Plain

History

Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 96), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1913, "After Fred Hopson, long a resident at Barrow."

Topo Maps

Flaxman Island A-5 (1955), Flaxman Island A-5 (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island A-5 (1962),
Places Near Point Hopson
Archipelagos:

Maguire Islands,

Capes:

Point Gordon, Point Hopson, Point Sweeney, Point Thomson,

Channels:

Challenge Entrance,

Islands:

Alaska Island, Challenge Island, Duchess Island, North Star Island,