History of Cooper Island

Named by Commander Thomas E. L. Moore, Royal Navy (RN), in 1849-50 for one of his officers on His (Her) Majesty's Ship (HMS) Plover (Leffingwell, 1919, p. 97). The Eskimo name is "Iglurak" meaning, in a general sense, "sod house like" because two mounds on the island appear like sod houses from a distance. Leffingwell (1919, p. 95 ) gives the meaning as "small iglu."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Cooper Island

Plover Islands,

Ross Bay,

Christie Point, Tulageak Point,

Ekilukruak Entrance,

Kachiksuk Bluffs,

Cooper Island, Martin Island,

Reindeer Lake,