Information About

Reindeer Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Reindeer Island on The Map

Location

70 ° 29' 10" N,
148 ° 19' 50.002" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Reindeer Island in Detail.

About

westernmost of Midway Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, 18.5 mi. E of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain.

History

So named in 1910 by Leffingwell (1919, p. 98), "after the whale ship Reindeer, which was wrecked in the vicinigy."

Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-3 (1955), Beechey Point B-3 (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-3 NE (2017),
Places Near Reindeer Island
Archipelagos:

Niakuk Islands,

Areas:

Sag Delta Number 1,

Bays:

Prudhoe Bay,

Capes:

Heald Point,

Hills:

Prudhoe Mound,

Islands:

Argo Island, Gull Island, Midway Islands, Reindeer Island,

Rivers:

Putuligayuk River,