Information About

Egg Island

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 26' 24" N,
148 ° 44' 21.998" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Egg Island in Detail.

About

one of Return Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, 10 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 1.5 miles long.

History

Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 95) in 1911. This island is probably Sir John Franklin's Return Reef.