Information About

Duck Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Duck Island on The Map

Location

70 ° 18' 25.999" N,
147 ° 54' 42.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Duck Island in Detail.

About

in Sagavanirktok River Delta, on Beaufort Sea coast, 33 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 0.3 mile long.

History

Named by E. Leffingwell (1919, p. 95) in 1911.

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 SW (1970), Beechey Point B-2 SW (1970), Beechey Point B-2 SW (2017),
Places Near Duck Island
Areas:

Sagavanirktok River Delta,

Bars:

Boulder Patch,

Capes:

Anxiety Point, Point Brower,

Islands:

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

Rivers:

Sagavanirktok River,