Information About

Eskimo Islands

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Eskimo Islands on The Map

Location

70 ° 34' 37.999" N,
151 ° 55' 7" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Elevation

20 ft (6.1 m)

Eskimo Islands in Detail.

About

In Harrison Bay, at mouth of Kogru River, 2.4 km (1.5 mi) east of Saktuina Point, Arctic Plain.

History

Named "Esquimaux Island" by Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson on August 7, 1837 (Simpson, Thomas, 1843, p. 170) because upon landing they found "numerous vestiges of Esquimaux." Macquire's map (Great Britain, 1854, facing p. 186) shows "Saktuina Island," a name that now is applied to the mainland point west of the islands. Leffingwell (1919, p. 95) is responsible for the present plural form and application to a place, "near the place where Dease and Simpson put the name."

Places Near Eskimo Islands
Archipelagos:

Eskimo Islands,

Bars:

Pacific Shoal,

Bays:

Harrison Bay,

Capes:

Saktuina Point,

Rivers:

Kalikpik River, Kogru River,