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Point Barrow, Alaska - Definition |
| Related Words: Arch, Boar, Brass, Burial, Bust, Butte, Cairn, Catacombs, Cenotaph, Cist, Column, Cromlech, Cross, Crypt, Cup |
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Point Barrow or Point Nuvuk, is a headland at the northernmost point of Alaska and of the United States, on the Arctic Ocean, 15 km (9 miles) northeast of Barrow, Alaska, at 71°23' North 156°30' West. It was discovered for Europeans in 1825 by Frederick William Beechey and named for Sir John Barrow, a statesman and geographer in the British Admiralty.
Navigation around the Point is ice-free for only two or three months a year.
From Point Barrow at 71°02' N and 156°47' W between 1965 to 1972 some sounding rockets of the type "Nike Cajun" and "Nike Apache" were launched.
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