Information About

Cottle Island

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 30' 43.999" N,
149 ° 7' 30" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Cottle Island in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, easternmost island of the Jones Is., 2.8 mi. NE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 4 miles long.

History

Named in 1910 by Leffingwell (1919, p. 95) for "Captain Steven Cottle, of the whaling fleet."