Information About

Corwin Bluff

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Corwin Bluff on The Map

Location

68 ° 52' 40.001" N,
165 ° 3' 15.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kivalina

Corwin Bluff in Detail.

About

on Chukchi Sea coast, 27 mi. E of Cape Lisburne, Arctic Slope.

History

Named in 1901 by W. J. Peters and F. C. Schrader, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), after the Corwin coal mine which is at the base of the bluff.