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Elephant Point (Alaska)

Coordinates: 66°15′32″N 161°20′05″W / 66.25889°N 161.33472°W / 66.25889; -161.33472
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Elephant Point (Iñupiaq: Siŋik) is a headland in Kotzebue Sound, Chukchi Sea in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States.[1]

It extends northeast into Eschscholtz Bay, 44 miles (71 km) southeast of Selawik.

This headland was named in 1826 by Royal Navy Captain Frederick William Beechey who wrote in his log: "I bestowed the name of Elephant upon the point, to mark its vicinity to the place where the fossils (bones of elephants) were found." Those bones probably belonged to mammoths.

A populated place named Elephant Point lies nearby.[2]

Demographics

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Historical population
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1950108
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

Elephant Point appeared once on the 1950 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It was also known as Buckland Post Office. Residents from Buckland relocated from there for a brief period before returning to that village.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Elephant Point (cape)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Elephant Point (populated place)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. ^ "Geological Survey Professional Paper". 1949.

66°15′32″N 161°20′05″W / 66.25889°N 161.33472°W / 66.25889; -161.33472