Information About

Long Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Long Island on The Map

Location

70 ° 28' 49.001" N,
148 ° 56' 13.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Long Island in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, in Return Is., 2.5 mi. E of Beechey Point; Arctic Plain.

History

named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 97) in 1911, "After Captain Long of the whaling fleet."

Places Near Long Island
Archipelagos:

Return Islands,

Areas:

Kuparuk River Delta,

Bars:

Cat Shoals, Loon Shoal,

Bays:

Gwydyr Bay,

Capes:

Back Point,

Islands:

Cottle Island, Egg Island, Long Island,

Rivers:

Kuparuk River, Sakonowyak River,

Streams:

Fawn Creek,