Information About

Cottle Island

Cottle Island

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Nuiqsut

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, easternmost island of the Jones Is., 2.8 mi. NE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 4 miles long.

History of Cottle Island

Named in 1910 by Leffingwell (1919, p. 95) for "Captain Steven Cottle, 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 Cottle Island

Bars:

Cat Shoals, Loon Shoal, Stamukhi Shoal,

Bays:

Capes:

Back Point, Beechey Point, Kavearak Point,

Islands:

Bertoncini Island, Bodfish Island, Cottle Island, Long Island,

Mountains:

Rivers:

Sakonowyak River,