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West Point

1. A census-designated place in the town of Highlands, New York, Orange County, United States overlooking the Hudson River, occupied by the United States Army and including the United States Military Academy.
2. (metonymically) USMA (“United States Military Academy”) (U.S. Army service academy), in West Point, NY.
3. Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere:
   1. A cape and unincorporated community in the southwest corner of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
   2. A former headland in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
      • 1936 November 21, “Street Sleepers' Shelter Society”, in Hongkong Daily Press, number 24418, Hongkong, →OCLC, page 6, column 5:

        The shelters at West Point and Po Yan Street will be opened on December 1st., and suitable premises at Yaumati have now been found at the corner of Shantung St. and Sai Yeung Choi St. on the ground floor of a knitting factory.

      • c. 1970, “Murder trial bares trail of vice”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, page 85?, column 1:

        The body of rich merchant Woo Chi-kiu, 49, tucked inside a gunnysack, was found bobbing in the harbour waters off Hong Kong’s West Point on November 29 last year.

      • 2002, Solomon Bard, “Introduction”, in Voices from the Past: Hong Kong, 1842-1918‎, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1:

        The sea passage between Hong Kong's West Point and the Green Island is called Sulphur Channel after HMS Sulphur.

      • 2009 December 13, Jason Wordie, “Out and about”, in South China Morning Post‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 December 2023, Latest‎:

        North Point is the only one of Hong Kong Island's geographical 'points' to have retained its name. West Point, below Hong Kong University, and East Point, out on the Causeway Bay waterfront, have been mostly forgotten. And all have been significantly altered by successive waves of reclamation.

   3. A township in Monrovia, Liberia.
   4. A town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States.
   5. A town in White County, Arkansas, United States.
   6. A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California, United States, formerly Indian Gulch and Westpoint.
   7. A small city in Troup County and Harris County, Georgia, United States.
   8. A village in Hancock County, Illinois, United States.
   9. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wayne Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.
   10. A small city in Lee County, Iowa, United States.
   11. A small home rule city in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States.
   12. An unincorporated community in Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.
   13. A city, the county seat of Clay County, Mississippi, United States.
   14. A city, the county seat of Cuming County, Nebraska, United States.
   15. An unincorporated community in Madison Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.
   16. An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio, United States.
   17. An unincorporated community in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   18. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States.
   19. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Texas, United States.
   20. A ghost town in Lynn County, Texas, United States.
   21. A city in Davis County, Utah, United States.
   22. A town in King William County, Virginia, United States.
   23. A headland in Seattle, Washington, United States.
   24. A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States.