Information About

Eskimo Islands

Eskimo Islands

Region:
  • North Slope
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 20 ft (6.1 m)
About

In Harrison Bay, at mouth of Kogru River, 2.4 km (1.5 mi) east of Saktuina Point, Arctic Plain.

History of Eskimo Islands

Named "Esquimaux Island" by Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson on August 7, 1837 (Simpson, Thomas, 1843, p. 170) because upon landing they found "numerous vestiges of Esquimaux." Macquire's map (Great Britain, 1854, facing p. 186) shows "Saktuina Island," a name that now is applied to the mainland point west of the islands. Leffingwell (1919, p. 95) is responsible for the present plural form and application to a place, "near the place where Dease and Simpson put the name."

Places Near Eskimo Islands
Archipelagos:

Eskimo Islands,

Bars:

Pacific Shoal,

Bays:

Harrison Bay,

Capes:

Saktuina Point,

Rivers:

Kalikpik River, Kogru River,