Information About

Martin Island

Quick Facts

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Location

71 ° 13' 9.001" N,
155 ° 29' 34.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Utqiagvik

Martin Island in Detail.

About

E of Copper I., in Plover Is., 27 mi. E of Barrown, Arctic Plain

History

Named in 1850 by Commander Moore, Royal Navy (RN), for one of his officers. Commander Maguire (Great Britain, 1854, map facing p. 186), Royal Navy (RN), shows it as the first island E of Point Barrow, now named Doctor Island. Leffingwell (1919, p. 97) applied the anme to the present day Cooper Island and reported the Eskimo name "Shiningarok," meaning "he slept."

Topo Maps

Barrow (1949), Barrow (1949), Barrow A-2 (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow A-2 NW (2016),

Places Near Martin Island

Capes:

Christie Point,

Channels:

Dease Inlet, Sanigaruak Pass,

Cliffs:

Kachiksuk Bluffs,

Islands:

Cooper Island, Martin Island, Sanigaruak Island, Tiny Island,