Icy Cape, Alaska
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Coordinates: 70°19′47″N 161°52′27″W / 70.32972°N 161.87417°W The Icy Cape is a headland on the Chukchi Sea side of the North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. It was discovered and named by James Cook on August 17, 1778.[1]
Icy Cape is in an area of landspits, bounded by Kasegaluk Lagoon to the east and Sikolik Lake further inland.
Pink salmon and arctic char are abundant in the waters near Icy Cape. Whales can also easily be sighted offshore in the Icy Cape area.
[edit] Popular Culture
Icy Cape is the setting for the TV-series X-Files episode Ice.
[edit] References
- ^ Hough, Richard (1994). Captain James Cook: a biography. New York: Norton.
[edit] External links
- Alaska Waterways, Kasegaluk Lagoon: Trip Report for Kasegaluk Lagoon, http://www.outdoorsdirectory.com/boating/arl/kasegaluk.htm, retrieved 2011 October 13
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Icy Cape
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