Information About

Dease Inlet

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Dease Inlet on The Map

Location

71 ° 1' 50.999" N,
155 ° 25' 34" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Utqiagvik

Dease Inlet in Detail.

About

Between Christie and Tangent Points, extends S 19 mi to Admiralty Bay, 28 mi SE of Barrow, Arctic Plain. 7 miles wide.

History

Named for Peter Warren Dease by Tomas Simpson (1843, p. 149), August 2, 1837, "for my worthy colleague." The Eskimo name "Kilulea", shown by Commander Rochfort Maguire (Great Britain, 1854, map facing p 186), Royal Navy (RN), May be derived from a word meaning "to the back", hence "inland".