Anxiety Point
Anxiety Point is a cape in North Slope Borough, Alaska, in the United States. Anxiety Point was so named in 1826 from the anxiety explorer John Franklin and his team experienced when attempting to reach the cape from sea in adverse weather conditions.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: Cape in Alaska, the United States
- Also known as: “Point Anxiety”
Anxiety Point
- Category: landform
- Location: North Slope, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
70.31583° or 70° 18′ 57″ northLongitude
-147.96139° or 147° 57′ 41″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
C32J828Q+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 7770572659OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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