Information About

Bertoncini Island

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 32' 8.999" N,
149 ° 18' 2.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Part of

Jones Islands

Length

0.5 mi (0.8 km)

Bertoncini Island in Detail.

About

in Jones Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, 4.5 mi. NW of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 0.5 mile long.

History

Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 14, 94) after Captain John Bertoncini, "known as 'Johnny the Painter'." Captain Bertoncini commanded the whaleship Jeannette, on which Leffingwell returned to San Francisco in the fall of 1914.

Topo Maps

Beechey Point C-4 (1955), Beechey Point C-4 (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 C-4 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point C-4 SW (2017),

Places Near Bertoncini Island

Archipelagos:

Jones Islands,

Bars:

Loon Shoal, Stamukhi Shoal,

Bays:

Simpson Lagoon,

Capes:

Beechey Point, Kavearak Point, Milne Point,

Islands:

Bertoncini Island, Bodfish Island, Cottle Island, Pingok Island,

Mountains:

Beechey Mound,