Information About

Alaska Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Alaska Island on The Map

Location

70 ° 13' 57" N,
146 ° 33' 33.998" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Part of

Maguire Islands

Length

3 mi (4.83 km)

Alaska Island in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, in Maguire Is., 7 mi. W of Flaxman I., Arctic Plain. 3 miles long.

History

Named about 1913 by Leffingwell (1919, p. 93), After the schooner Alaska of the Canadian Arctic Expedition.

Topo Maps

Flaxman Island A-5 (1955), Flaxman Island A-5 (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island A-5 (1962),
Places Near Alaska Island
Archipelagos:

Maguire Islands,

Capes:

Point Gordon, Point Hopson, Point Sweeney,

Channels:

Challenge Entrance,

Islands:

Alaska Island, Challenge Island, Duchess Island, North Star Island,