Information About

Milne Point

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 30' 59" N,
149 ° 27' 31" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Milne Point in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, 7 mi. W of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain.

History

Named "Point Milne" by P. W. Dease and Thomas Simpson on July 24, 1837 (in Simpson, 1843, p. 129). Leffingwell (1919, p. 89) writes, "Point Milne has been placed (by Leffingwell) on a conspicuous point on the mainland in the approximate position indicated by the Dease and Simpson map."

Topo Maps

Beechey Point C-5 (1955), Beechey Point C-5 (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 (1964), Beechey Point C-5 SE (2017),

Places Near Milne Point

Archipelagos:

Jones Islands,

Bars:

Stamukhi Shoal,

Bays:

Simpson Lagoon,

Capes:

Kavearak Point, Milne Point,

Hills:

Jones Mound,

Islands:

Bertoncini Island, Bodfish Island, Leavitt Island, Pingok Island,

Lakes:

Microblade Lake,