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Foggy Island

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 16' 0.001" N,
147 ° 47' 35.002" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Foggy Island in Detail.

About

in Foggy I. Bay, Sagavanirktok River Delta, on Beaufort Sea coast, 35 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain

History

Named by Franklin (1828, p. 155) August 11, 1826, who, having been detained eight days by fogs, described "this dreary place by the name of Foggy Island."