2157: America's Geographic Easter-Egg—Point Udall Nov 10, 2020

The easternmost and the westernmost in the US are named Point Udall; this is a surname, but it isn't named after the same person. By travel distance in the territorial US, the westernmost part of Guam was named after Arizona congressman, Morris Udall, who was on the House Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs. Meanwhile in 1968, the easternmost part of the Virgin Island meanwhile is named for his brother Stewart Udall, also a congressman from Arizona. It was explained that the "America's day would begin and end at a Point Udall".

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