Information About

Gull Island

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 21' 58" N,
148 ° 21' 54" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Gull Island in Detail.

About

at mouth of Prudhoe Bay, on Beaufort Sea coast, 20 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 0.5 mile long.

History

Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 96), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), while he was mapping the coast with Samuel McIntyre in September, 1910.

Places Near Gull Island
Archipelagos:

Niakuk Islands,

Bays:

Prudhoe Bay,

Capes:

Heald Point,

Hills:

Prudhoe Mound,

Islands:

Argo Island, Gull Island, Midway Islands, Reindeer Island,

Rivers:

Putuligayuk River,

Cities:

Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay,