Elephant Point
in Northwest Arctic Borough of Alaska, United States
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Buckland Airport (20 mi) - Deering Airport (42 mi)
- Bob Baker Memorial Airport (55 mi)
- Ralph Wien Memorial Airport (55 mi)
- Noatak Airport (100 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 66.260 and -161.346 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 66° 15' 34" and W -161° 20' 46"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:43 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: America/Anchorage
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 10:38 am and 4:21 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -46.876 and 37.859 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Fairbairn Settlement - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Elephant Point
Elephant Point in Northwest Arctic Borough (Alaska) is a town in United States about 3,642 mi (or 5,861 km) north-west of Washington DC, the country's capital city.
Current time in Elephant Point is now 07:43 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named America / Anchorage with an UTC offset of -9 hours. We know of 5 airports near Elephant Point. The closest airport in United States is Buckland Airport in a distance of 20 mi (or 32 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Kotzebue, , , and . To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: -17°C / 1 °F
| Morning Temperature | -17°C / 1 °F |
| Evening Temperature | -19°C / -1 °F |
| Night Temperature | -18°C / -1 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 91% |
| Air Pressure | 1006 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 9% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Thursday, 14th of November 2024
-16°C (3 °F)
-14°C (6 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Friday, 15th of November 2024
-14°C (7 °F)
-19°C (-3 °F)
Light snow, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
-23°C (-9 °F)
-23°C (-9 °F)
Few clouds, light breeze.
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Elephant Point (Alaska)
Elephant Point is a headland in Kotzebue Sound, Chukchi Sea in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. It extends northeast into Eschscholtz Bay, 44 miles southeast of Selawik. This headland was named in 1826 by Royal Navy Captain Frederick William Beechey who wrote in his log: "I bestowed the name of Elephant upon the point, to mark its vicinity to the place where the fossils (bones of elephants) were found. " Those bones probably belonged to mammoths.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Elephant Point.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Baldwin, Buckland, Reindeer Point, Elephant Point
