Description

Plover Point is located at end of spit extending SE from Point Barrow, forming W side of Eluitkak Entrance, between Elson Lagoon and Beaufort Sea, Arctic Plain.

History

Named by British Admiralty for the H.M.S. Plover which wintered near the point of land in 1852-54, and published on master Thomas Hull's 1853 map.

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