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.- Cape
- …lies at an elevation of 7 feet (2 metres)
- …is also known as “Point Anxiety”
- Description: Cape in Alaska, the United States
Anxiety Point
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
70.31583° or 70° 18′ 57″ north
Longitude
-147.96139° or 147° 57′ 41″ west
Open location code
C32J828Q+8C
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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