Information About

Bodfish Island

Bodfish Island

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Nuiqsut

About

in Jones Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, 3.2 mi. NW of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain; 1 mile long.

History of Bodfish Island

Named in 1910 by Leffingwell (1919, p. 94) "After Captain Bodfish, of the whaling fleet."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Beechey Point C-4 (1955), Beechey Point C-4 (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 C-4 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point C-4 SW (2017),

Places Near Bodfish Island

Archipelagos:

Bars:

Cat Shoals, Loon Shoal, Stamukhi Shoal,

Bays:

Simpson Lagoon,

Capes:

Back Point, Beechey Point, Kavearak Point, Milne Point,

Islands:

Bertoncini Island, Bodfish Island, Cottle Island,

Mountains: