Description
Cape Lewis is located on Dchukchi Sea coast, 29 mi. NE of village of Point Hope, Arctic Slope.
History
Named in 1826 by Captain Beechey (1831, map on p. 328), Royal Navy (RN), for Charles Lewis of his party. According to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1950, the Eskimo name is "Ee=ree=nick (Irinik)" meaning "falling rocks."