Information About

Duchess Island

Duchess Island

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Kaktovik

About

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

History of Duchess Island

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

Found on the following 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,