Information About

Reliance Point

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Kaktovik

About

SE tip of Tigvariak I., a W point of entrance to Mikkelsen Bay, on Beaufort Sea coast, Arctic Plain.

History of Reliance Point

On Aug. 7, 1826, Franklin, Royal Navy (RN), (1828, p. 152) named the island "Lion and Reliance Reef," after his two boats. The Lion had been driven aground at this place. E. de K. Leffingwill (1919, p. 89) adopted the Eskimo name Tigvariak for the island, and, in his text, applied Franklin's names to the NE (Point Reliance) and NW (Point Lion) points of the island. His maps, however, show these points as Reliance Point and Lion Point. A sandspit has extended the island in recent years, and the application of the name "Reliance Point" now extends one mile S of Leffingwell's location.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Beechey Point A-1 (1955), Beechey Point A-1 (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1955), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point (1960), Beechey Point A-1 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point A-1 NE (2017),

Places Near Reliance Point

Bays:

Mikkelsen Bay,

Capes:

Lion Point, Reliance Point,

Channels:

Newport Entrance,

Islands:

Belvedere Island, Karluk Island, Pole Island, Tigvariak Island,

Rivers:

Kavik River, Shaviovik River,