Information About

Newport Entrance

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 18' 2.002" N,
147 ° 12' 13" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Newport Entrance in Detail.

About

between McClure and Stockton Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, 22 mi. NW of Flaxman I., Arctic Plain

History

So named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 98) "After the whale ship Newport, which is reported to have entered the lagoon at this place."

Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-1 (1955), Beechey Point B-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 B-1 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-1 SE (2017),

Places Near Newport Entrance

Archipelagos:

McClure Islands,

Bays:

Capes:

Lion Point, Reliance Point,

Channels:

Newport Entrance,

Islands:

Jeanette Island, Karluk Island, Pole Island, Tigvariak Island,

Rivers:

Shaviovik River,