Information About

Cross Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cross Island on The Map

Location

70 ° 29' 26.999" N,
147 ° 56' 44.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Cross Island in Detail.

About

12 mi. N of Anxiety Point, between McClure and Midway Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, 27 mi. E of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 2 miles long.

History

Named by Captain Stockton (1890, p. 185), U.S. Navy (USN), in 1889, who wrote "the island, though nameless, was marked by a wooden cross, from which fact it was called Cross Island."

Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-2 (1955), Beechey Point B-2 (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 B-2 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-2 NW (2017),
Places Near Cross Island
Areas:

Sag Delta Number 1, Sagavanirktok River Delta,

Capes:

Anxiety Point, Point Brower,

Islands:

Bartlett Island, Cross Island, Dinkum Sands, Duck Island, Foggy Island, Howe Island,

Rivers:

Sagavanirktok River,