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Point Franklin is a piece of land located on the Chukchi Sea side of North Slope, Alaska. Point Franklin is a few miles north of Wainwright , limiting with the Peard Bay to the east. Point Franklin was named by British mariner Frederick William Beechey on August 15, 1826, after Lieutenant (afterwards Sir) John Franklin .
Name used in the default map caption; image = USA Alaska location map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" image1 = Relief map of USA Alaska.png An alternative map image, usually a relief map, which can be displayed via the relief or AlternativeMap parameters; top = 72 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 51
Name used in the default map caption; image = USA Alaska location map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" image1 = Relief map of USA Alaska.png An alternative map image, usually a relief map, which can be displayed via the relief or AlternativeMap parameters; top = 72 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 51
Wainwright in the 1940s. Wainwright is located on the Chukchi Sea about 72 miles (116 km) southwest of Utqiaġvik.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 42.5 square miles (110 km 2), of which, 17.6 square miles (46 km 2) of it is land and 24.9 square miles (64 km 2) of it (58.63%) is water.
Area [11] Map Aleutians West Census Area: 016: Unalaska: Location in the western Aleutian Islands. 1.17 5,160: 4,393 sq mi (11,378 km 2) Bethel Census Area: 050: Bethel: City of Bethel, the largest settlement in the census area, which is itself named for the Biblical term Bethel ("house of God"). 0.45 18,224: 40,627 sq mi (105,223 km 2) Chugach ...
Gustavus (Lingít: Wanachích T’aak Héen [3]) (gus-TAY-vəs) [4] is a second-class [5] city [6] in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.The 2020 census population was 655, [7] which represents a 48% increase over the 2010 census of 442 [6] and is one of the fastest growing communities in Alaska.
Point Lay is located on the shores of the Chukchi Sea.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 34.5 square miles (89 km 2), of which, 30.5 square miles (79 km 2) of it is land and 4.0 square miles (10 km 2) of it (11.66%) is water.
The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It was set up to detect incoming Soviet bombers ...