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Per Secretary's Order 3423 and 3424, the change to use the names Gulf of America and Mount McKinley have been made. (Regarding the display base maps, the USGS is aware of issues occurring outside of CONUS and Alaska impacting country boundaries and ocean labels).

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Leaflet The National Map Base Layer, The National Map + Aerial Imagery"

38.8108209°, -95.5494690°, 5

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Elephant Point

Feature Details

Feature ID

1412975

Name

Elephant Point

Class

Cape

Feature Code

Cape

Location

Northwest Arctic Borough - Alaska

Citation

Source Type	Map
Reference	US
Originator	U.S. Geological Survey
Notes	Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.
Distribution Date	December 31, 1981
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Original Citation	Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

Entry Date

March 31, 1981

*Elevation

3 meters / 10 feet

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History

Named in 1826 by Captain Beechey (1831, p. 323), Royal Navy (RN), who wrote, "I bestowed the name of Elephant upon the point, to mark its vincinity to the place where the fossils (bones of elephants) were found ***." Name published o n

Description

extends NE into Eschscholtz Bay, 44 mi. SW of Selawik, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.

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Sequence	Coordinates	Map	State
1	66.2588889, -161.3347222 / 66° 15' 32.00" N, 161° 20' 5.00" W	Selawik B-5 SW	AK

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Sequence	State or Equivalent	County or Equivalent
1	Alaska	Northwest Arctic Borough

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38.8108209°, -95.5494690°, 19z