Information About

Cooper Island

Quick Facts

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Location

71 ° 14' 16.001" N,
155 ° 40' 46.999" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Utqiagvik

Cooper Island in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, in Plover Is., 23 mi. E of Barrow, Arctic Plain. 3 miles long.

History

Named by Commander Thomas E. L. Moore, Royal Navy (RN), in 1849-50 for one of his officers on His (Her) Majesty's Ship (HMS) Plover (Leffingwell, 1919, p. 97). The Eskimo name is "Iglurak" meaning, in a general sense, "sod house like" because two mounds on the island appear like sod houses from a distance. Leffingwell (1919, p. 95 ) gives the meaning as "small iglu."

Topo Maps

Barrow (1949), Barrow (1949), Barrow A-2 (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow (1955), Barrow A-2 NW (2016),

Places Near Cooper Island

Archipelagos:

Plover Islands,

Bays:

Ross Bay,

Capes:

Christie Point, Tulageak Point,

Channels:

Ekilukruak Entrance,

Cliffs:

Kachiksuk Bluffs,

Islands:

Cooper Island, Martin Island,

Lakes:

Reindeer Lake,