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Elephant Point (Alaska)

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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
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relocated from there for a brief period before returning to that village.
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A populated place named Elephant Point lies nearby.
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Iñupiaq
Kotzebue Sound
Chukchi Sea
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Eschscholtz Bay
Selawik
headland
Royal Navy
Frederick William Beechey
mammoths
1950
Buckland
"Feature Detail Report for: Elephant Point (cape)"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
"Feature Detail Report for: Elephant Point (populated place)"
"U.S. Decennial Census"
the original
"Geological Survey Professional Paper"
66°15′32″N 161°20′05″W / 66.25889°N 161.33472°W / 66.25889; -161.33472
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