Information About

Duchess Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Duchess Island on The Map

Location

70 ° 13' 58.001" N,
146 ° 24' 19.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Duchess Island in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, in Maguire Is., 4 mi. NW of Flaxman I., Arctic Plain. 2 miles long.

History

Named by Leffingwell 1919, p. 95) in 1913 for the schooner Duchess of Bedford of the Anglo-American Polar Expedition, 1906-07.

Topo Maps

Flaxman Island A-5 (1955), Flaxman Island A-5 (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island A-5 (1962),
Places Near Duchess Island
Archipelagos:

Maguire Islands,

Capes:

Point Hopson, Point Sweeney, Point Thomson,

Channels:

Mary Sachs Entrance,

Islands:

Alaska Island, Duchess Island, North Star Island,