Information About

Point Storkersen

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 24' 42.998" N,
148 ° 43' 9.998" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Point Storkersen in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, E point of entrance to Gwydyr Bay, 11 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain

History

Named Point Storkerson by Leffingwell (1919, p. 99), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "after Storker Storkersen, who worked for Mikkelsen and Leffingwell and later for Stefansson."

Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-3 (1955), Beechey Point B-3 (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 B-3 NW (1970), Beechey Point B-3 NW (1970), Beechey Point B-3 NW (1970), Beechey Point B-3 NW (2017),

Places Near Point Storkersen

Archipelagos:

Return Islands,

Areas:

Kuparuk River Delta,

Bays:

Placid Et Al State Number 1,

Capes:

Point McIntyre, Point Storkersen,

Hills:

Kuparuk Mound,

Islands:

Egg Island, Stump Island,

Rivers:

Kuparuk River,

Streams:

Fawn Creek,

Cities:

Deadhorse,