Information About

Tachinisok Inlet

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Atqasuk

About

off Peard Bay, 12 mi. SE of Point Franklin, Arctic Plain.

History of Tachinisok Inlet

Eskimo name reported by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1950. It was called "Woody Inlet" by English naval officers about 1850. Sergeant John Murdoch reported the Eskimo name as "Kuahru" (Ray, P. H., 1885, p. 95).

Found on the following Topo Maps

Meade River (1955), Meade River (1955), Meade River (1955), Meade River D-4 (1955), Meade River D-4 SW (2014),

Places Near Tachinisok Inlet

Bays:

Tachinisok Inlet, Torrent Inlet,

Capes:

Nalimiut Point,

Lakes:

Lake Tuvak,

Streams:

Papigak Creek,