Description
False Cape is located between Peard Bay and Chukchi Sea, E of Point Franklin, Arctic Plain.
History
This unidentified point of land appears to have been named by British naval officers as the name is shown on British Admiralty (Brit. Adm.) Chart 593, 1827-55. Captain Hooper (1881, p. 40), U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), mentions anchoring near False Cape in Peard Bay in 1880.