Information About

Peard Bay

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Peard Bay on The Map

Location

70 ° 50' 43.001" N,
158 ° 48' 38.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Wainwright

Peard Bay in Detail.

About

on Chukchi Sea coast, S of Point Franklin, Arctic Plain

History

Captain Beechey (1831, p. 306), Royal Navy (RN), wrote "a bay on which I bestowed the name of my first lieutenant, Mr. Peard (Lt. George Peard, RN)."

Topo Maps

Meade River (1955), Meade River (1955), Meade River (1955), Meade River D-5 (1955), Meade River D-5 SW (2014),
Places Near Peard Bay
Archipelagos:

Seahorse Islands,

Bays:

Peard Bay,

Capes:

Point Franklin,

Cliffs:

Peard Cliff,