Information About

Blossom Shoals

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Blossom Shoals on The Map

Location

70 ° 22' 0.001" N,
161 ° 56' 26.002" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Wainwright

Blossom Shoals in Detail.

About

Extend 10 miles northwest from Icy Cape.

History

Named in 1826 by Captain Beechey (1831, v. 1, p. 276), who wrote, "Upon examination with the boats, several successive banks were found at about three quarters of a mile apart, lying parallel with the coast line * * *. These shoals lie immediately off Icy Cape * * *, "and were named after Beechey's ship H.@M.@S. Blossom. In September, 1889, Lieutenant Commander C. H. Stockton, U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S.S. Thetis, erected a beacon on Icy Cape to mark the beginning of Blossom Shoals.

Topo Maps

Wainwright (1955), Wainwright (1955), Wainwright (1955), Wainwright (1955), Wainwright B-5 and B-6 (1955), Wainwright B-5 and B-6 (1955), Wainwright B-5 SW (2014),
Places Near Blossom Shoals
Bars:

Blossom Shoals,

Capes:

Icy Cape,

Channels:

Avak Inlet, Icy Cape Pass,

Locales:

Akeonik,

Rivers:

Tunalik River,