Information About

Pole Island

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 18' 18" N,
147 ° 0' 51.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Part of

Stockton Islands

Pole Island in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, westernmost island of Stockton Is., 19.5 mi. NW of Flaxman I., Arctic Plain. 2.5 miles long.

History

In 1910 Leffingwell (1919, p. 98) wrote, This may not have been the original location, for there is no settled usage among the whalers. This island was named by Whalers probably because a pole once was erected on its shore to identify the island.

Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-1 (1955), Beechey Point B-1 (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-1 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-1 SE (2017),

Places Near Pole Island

Archipelagos:

Stockton Islands,

Bays:

Mikkelsen Bay,

Capes:

Bullen Point, Reliance Point,

Channels:

Newport Entrance,

Islands:

Belvedere Island, Pole Island, Tigvariak Island,