Information About

Bodfish Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Bodfish Island on The Map

Location

70 ° 31' 45.998" N,
149 ° 15' 29.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Bodfish Island in Detail.

About

in Jones Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, 3.2 mi. NW of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain; 1 mile long.

History

Named in 1910 by Leffingwell (1919, p. 94) "After Captain Bodfish, of the whaling fleet."

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 Bodfish Island
Archipelagos:

Jones Islands,

Bars:

Cat Shoals, Loon Shoal, Stamukhi Shoal,

Bays:

Simpson Lagoon,

Capes:

Back Point, Beechey Point, Kavearak Point, Milne Point,

Islands:

Bertoncini Island, Bodfish Island, Cottle Island,

Mountains:

Beechey Mound,