Information About

Twelvemile Island

Quick Facts

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Location

66 ° 26' 46" N,
145 ° 4' 45.001" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Fort Yukon

Elevation

453 ft (138.07 m)

Twelvemile Island in Detail.

About

in the Yukon River, 12 mi. SE of Fort Yukon, Yukon Flats.

History

Local name reported by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1956; so named because the island is 12 miles upstream from Fort Yukon; the island was shown on Edwards' Track Chart of the Yukon in 1899 as "Seventeenmile Island."

Topo Maps

Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon (1956), Fort Yukon B-3 (1956), Fort Yukon B-3 (1956),

Places Near Twelvemile Island

Cities:

Fort Yukon,

Islands:

Homebrew Island, Jenny Island, Rodman Island, Toussaint Island, Twelvemile Island,

Lakes:

Emile Lake, Hospital Lake, Laura Lake, Ninemile Lake, Otto Lake, Sixmile Lake,

Rivers:

Sucker River,

Streams:

Bear Blanket Slough, Black River Slough, Eightmile Slough, Seventeenmile Slough, Seventeenmile Slough, Squirrel Creek, Yllota Slough,