Information About

Leavitt Island

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 34' 9.001" N,
149 ° 40' 27.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Part of

Jones Islands

Leavitt Island in Detail.

About

one of Jones Island on Beaufort Sea coast, W of Pingok I., Arctic Plain

History

E. de K. Leffingwell (1919, p. 97) originally named "the largest of the Jones Islands, * * * Leavitt Island, * * * after Captain (George) Leavitt of the whaling fleet." Leffingwell gave its Eskimo name as "Pingok," meaning "mound," which name is applied to the largest island on present day maps.

Topo Maps

Beechey Point C-5 (1955), Beechey Point C-5 (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 (1964), Beechey Point C-5 SE (2017),

Places Near Leavitt Island

Archipelagos:

Spy Islands,

Capes:

Milne Point, Oliktok Point,

Hills:

Jones Mound, Thetis Mound,

Islands:

Leavitt Island, Pingok Island,

Lakes:

Microblade Lake,

Rivers:

Ugnuravik River,