| The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. |
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| Barrow, Point |
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| Barrow, Point, northernmost point of Alaska, on Arctic Ocean, 9 mi/14.5 km NE of Barrow; 71°23'N 156°30'W. Discovered 1826 by F. W. Beechey and named for Sir John Barrow. Has played important part in Arctic exploration and aviation; starting point of Sir Hubert Wilkins’s flight (1928) across North Pole. Naval base and research facility was est. 1944, 6 mi/9.7 km S of point, closed in 1970s. U.S. meteorological station set up here during 1st Internatl. Polar Year, 1882–1883. |
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