Information About

Twelvemile Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Twelvemile Island on The Map

Location

66 ° 26' 46" N,
145 ° 4' 45.001" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Fort Yukon

Elevation

453 ft (138.07 m)

Twelvemile Island in Detail.

About

in the Yukon River, 12 mi. SE of Fort Yukon, Yukon Flats.

History

Local name reported by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1956; so named because the island is 12 miles upstream from Fort Yukon; the island was shown on Edwards' Track Chart of the Yukon in 1899 as "Seventeenmile Island."