Information About

Mikkelsen Bay

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Mikkelsen Bay on The Map

Location

70 ° 10' 36.001" N,
147 ° 4' 8" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Mikkelsen Bay in Detail.

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, between Bullen Point and Tigvariak I., 15 mi. W of Flaxman I., Arctic Plain.

History

Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 97) for his associate, Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen of the Anglo-American Polar Expedition, 1906.

Places Near Mikkelsen Bay
Archipelagos:

Stockton Islands,

Bays:

Mikkelsen Bay,

Capes:

Bullen Point, Lion Point, Reliance Point,

Channels:

Newport Entrance,

Islands:

Belvedere Island, Pole Island, Tigvariak Island,

Rivers:

Shaviovik River,