Information About

Lion Point

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Lion Point on The Map

Location

70 ° 14' 30.001" N,
147 ° 16' 40.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Lion Point in Detail.

About

On the NW tip of an island that was once part of Tigvariak Island, at the E point of entrance to Foggy Island Bay, on the Beaufort Sea Coast, Arctic Plain.

History

On August 7, 1826, Franklin named the island Lion and Reliance Reef after his two boats (the Lion was driven agrund at this place). Leffingwell (1919, p. 100) adopted the Eskimo name "Tigariak" for the island, and in his text, applied Franklin's names to the NE (Point Reliance) and NW (Point Lion) points of the island (p. 89). However, Leffingwell's maps show these points as Reliance Point and Lion Point.

Topo Maps

Beechey Point A-1 (1955), Beechey Point A-1 (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 A-1 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point A-1 NE (2017),
Places Near Lion Point
Archipelagos:

McClure Islands,

Bays:

Mikkelsen Bay, Stefansson Sound,

Capes:

Lion Point, Reliance Point,

Channels:

Newport Entrance,

Hills:

Shaviovik Mound,

Islands:

Jeanette Island, Karluk Island, Narwhal Island, Tigvariak Island,

Rivers:

Kavik River, Shaviovik River,