Information About

McClure Islands

Quick Facts

Open in The Map McClure Islands on The Map

Location

70 ° 21' 40" N,
147 ° 23' 51" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

McClure Islands in Detail.

About

extends on Beaufort Sea coast, 8 mi. N of Foggy I. Bay and 28 mi. NW of Flaxman I., Arctic Plain

History

Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 97) after Captain Robert McClure, Royal Navy (RN), who discovered, in August 1850, the long chain of islands that extend from the Midways to Flaxman Island."