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Anxiety Point

Anxiety Point

Cape in Alaska, the United States

Anxiety Point is a cape in North Slope Borough, Alaska, in the United States.[1]

Anxiety Point was so named in 1826 from the anxiety explorer John Franklin and his team experienced when attempting to reach the cape from sea in adverse weather conditions.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anxiety Point
  2. [2]
    Hook, J. N. (10 June 2014). All Those Wonderful Names. Open Road Media. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-4976-1186-3.
  3. [3]
    Orth, Donald J. (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 83.

70°18′55″N 147°57′25″W


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