Information About

Gwydyr Bay

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Nuiqsut

About

between Back Point and Point Storkersen, on Beaufort Sea coast, 3 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 8 miles wide.

History of Gwydyr Bay

Named on August 17, 1826, by Franklin (1828, p. 166), who wrote, "we had * * * the gratification of being able to trace the land round Gwydyr Bay to its outer point (Point Back) * * *."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-4 (1955), Beechey Point B-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 B-4 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-4 NE (1970), Beechey Point B-4 NE (1970), Beechey Point B-4 NE (2017),

Places Near Gwydyr Bay

Archipelagos:

Return Islands,

Areas:

Kuparuk River Delta,

Bars:

Cat Shoals, Loon Shoal,

Bays:

Gwydyr Bay, Placid Et Al State Number 1,

Capes:

Back Point,

Islands:

Cottle Island, Egg Island, Long Island,

Rivers:

Kuparuk River, Sakonowyak River,

Streams:

Fawn Creek,