Elephant Point (Alaska)

Elephant Point (Iñupiaq: Siŋik) is a headland in Kotzebue Sound, Chukchi Sea in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States.{{Cite GNIS|1412975|Feature Detail Report for: Elephant Point (cape)}}

It extends northeast into Eschscholtz Bay, {{convert|44|mi}} 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.{{Cite GNIS|1412976|Feature Detail Report for: Elephant Point (populated place)|links=off}}

Demographics

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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.{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr9RAQAAMAAJ&q=%22buckland&pg=PA49 |title = Geological Survey Professional Paper|year = 1949}}

References

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Elephant Point

Category:Landforms of Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska