Point Barrow

Summary

Point Barrow is a cape^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of cape entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (183 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Point Barrow is credited with the discovery of Carl Ben Eielson^[3].
• Point Barrow is located in North Slope Borough^[4].
• Point Barrow is in the country of United States^[5].
• Point Barrow is on the body of water Arctic Ocean^[6].
• Point Barrow's image is recorded as Arctic Shore at Barrow Alaska.jpg^[7].
• Point Barrow's instance of is recorded as cape^[8].
• Point Barrow's instance of is recorded as headland^[9].
• John Barrow is named after Point Barrow^[10].
• Point Barrow's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 247298228^[11].
• Point Barrow's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh87001671^[12].
• Point Barrow's IdRef ID is recorded as 16737110X^[13].
• Point Barrow's Commons category is recorded as Point Barrow^[14].
• Point Barrow's located in time zone is recorded as Alaska Time Zone^[15].
• Point Barrow's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1826-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Point Barrow's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 71.39194444444445, 'lon': -156.36111111111111}^[17].
• Point Barrow's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03vldk^[18].
• Point Barrow's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10043587^[19].
• Point Barrow's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Point Barrow's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[21].
• Point Barrow's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Point-Barrow^[22].
• Point Barrow's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5880055^[23].
• Point Barrow's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Point_Barrow^[24].
• Point Barrow's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007541393205171^[25].
• Point Barrow's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/65c84608-758d-4aa7-b6e2-889e1e6990ae^[26].

Body

Geography

Point Barrow is in the country of United States^[5]. It is located in North Slope Borough^[4]. It is on the body of water Arctic Ocean^[6].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cape^[8] and headland^[9].

History and Context

John Barrow is named after Point Barrow^[10].

Why It Matters

Point Barrow ranks in the top 3% of cape entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (183 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]