Information About

Narwhal Island

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 23' 44.002" N,
147 ° 29' 7.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Nuiqsut

Narwhal Island in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, northern island of McClure Is., 38 mi. E of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain.

History

Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 14, 97) after the whaleship Narwhal, on which he "returned to civilization in the fall of 1908, as the guest of Captain George Leavitt."

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 NW (2017),

Places Near Narwhal Island

Archipelagos:

McClure Islands,

Bays:

Foggy Island Bay, Stefansson Sound,

Capes:

Lion Point,

Islands:

Jeanette Island, Karluk Island, Narwhal Island,

Rivers:

Kadleroshilik River, Shaviovik River,