Information About

Narwhal Island

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Nuiqsut

About

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

History of Narwhal Island

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."

Found on the following 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,