Information About

Karluk Island

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 20' 24" N,
147 ° 19' 30" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Part of

McClure Islands

Karluk Island in Detail.

About

southernmost of McClure Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, Arctic Plain.

History

It is shown on present-day maps as an unnamed island SE of Jeannette Island. It was originally named Karluk Island by Leffingwell (1919, p. 96), "after the whalingship Karluk," which, under the command of Captain Steven Cottle, "kindly towed the yawl halfway to Nome***" in July 1909 (p. 15). The island was identified by Leffingwell as Island Number 19, and was used as a triangulation station in 1910.

Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-1 (1955), Beechey Point B-1 (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point B-1 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-1 SW (2017),

Places Near Karluk Island

Archipelagos:

McClure Islands,

Bays:

Foggy Island Bay, Stefansson Sound,

Capes:

Lion Point, Reliance Point,

Channels:

Newport Entrance,

Hills:

Shaviovik Mound,

Islands:

Jeanette Island, Karluk Island, Narwhal Island, Tigvariak Island,

Rivers:

Shaviovik River,