Information About

North Star Island

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 13' 30" N,
146 ° 20' 37" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Part of

Maguire Islands

North Star Island in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, in Maguire Is., 3 mi. NW of Flaxman Is., Arctic Plain.

History

Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 98) about 1913 after the schooner North Star of the Canadian Arctic Expedition.

Topo Maps

Flaxman Island A-4 (1955), Flaxman Island A-4 (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island (1955), Flaxman Island A-4 (1962),

Places Near North Star Island

Archipelagos:

Maguire Islands,

Capes:

Point Hopson, Point Sweeney, Point Thomson,

Channels:

Mary Sachs Entrance,

Islands:

Alaska Island, Duchess Island, North Star Island,