Description
On coast of Chukchi Sea, 54 mi SW of Point Lay, Arctic Plain.
History
Named August 9, 1826, by Captain Beechey (1831, v1,p269), Royal Navy (RN), who wrote, "a small cape, which I named Cape Beaufort, in compliment to Captain Beaufort [later Admiral Sir Francis, 1774-1857], the present hydrographer to the Admiralty." Beaufort is best known for this scale of wind velocities.