Information About

Cat Shoals

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cat Shoals on The Map

Location

70 ° 36' 0" N,
149 ° 3' 0" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Cat Shoals in Detail.

About

In the Beaufort Sea, 7 mi NE of the Jones Islands.

History

So named because depth contours give the appearance of a running cat.

Topo Maps

Beechey Point C-4 (1955), Beechey Point C-4 (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 C-4 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point C-4 SE (2017),
Places Near Cat Shoals
Archipelagos:

Return Islands,

Areas:

Kuparuk River Delta,

Bars:

Cat Shoals, Loon Shoal,

Bays:

Gwydyr Bay,

Capes:

Back Point, Beechey Point,

Islands:

Bodfish Island, Cottle Island, Long Island,

Mountains:

Beechey Mound,

Rivers:

Kuparuk River, Sakonowyak River,