180 E. M. KINDLE 
A regularly concave shore line connects the base of the spit with 
the cliffs of Cape Thompson from which most of its materials are 
derived. A narrow gravel barrier beach, frequently only 100 or 200 
feet in width, forms the coast line of this concave beach, a distance of 
about 25 miles. Behind this beach is a series of lagoonal fresh-water 
lakes which drain by filtration through the beach. The beach is 
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Fic. 2,—Reconnaissance map of Point Hope and adjacent coast line. By E. M. 
Kindle. 
unbroken by streams entering the sea, except within the first mile 
to the west of Cape Thompson. | 
The south shore of the spit is generally steep, while the northwest 
shore is less abrupt. The point terminates abruptly in rather deep 
water, 13 fathoms being recorded a few ship’s lengths from the tip 
of the point. Off the south shore the eight-fathom contour runs 
within a quarter of a mile of the shore toward the western end of the 
Point. On rounding the Point the soundings decrease rapidly to 
