Information About

Niakuk Islands

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 21' 24.001" N,
148 ° 14' 19" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Niakuk Islands in Detail.

About

off-shore group, extends W of Heald Point, at mouth of Prudhoe Bay, on Beaufort Sea coast, 23 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain.

History

Eskimo name meaning "head" (neaqoq); reported by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1949. This name may be the same as that reported by Surgeon John Simpson on his 1853 native map as Niako. See Niako I.

Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-3 (1955), Beechey Point B-3 (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 (1964), Beechey Point B-3 SE (1970), Beechey Point B-3 SE (1970), Beechey Point B-3 SE (2017),

Places Near Niakuk Islands

Archipelagos:

Areas:

Bays:

Capes:

Islands:

Argo Island, Gull Island, Midway Islands, Reindeer Island,

Rivers:

Sagavanirktok River,

Cities:

Prudhoe Bay,