Information About

North Star Island

North Star Island

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Kaktovik

Part of:

Maguire Islands

About

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

History of North Star Island

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

Found on the following 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,