Information About

Challenge Entrance

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Challenge Entrance on The Map

Location

70 ° 16' 10.999" N,
146 ° 39' 51.998" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Challenge Entrance in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, between Maguire and Stockton Is., 10 mi. NW of Flaxman I., Arctic Plain

History

Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 94) about 1913, "after the schooner Challenge of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, which is believed to have been the first vessel to pass through the passage."

Topo Maps

Flaxman Island B-5 (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955),
Places Near Challenge Entrance
Archipelagos:

Maguire Islands,

Capes:

Bullen Point, Point Gordon, Point Hopson,

Channels:

Challenge Entrance,

Islands:

Alaska Island, Challenge Island,