Information About

Pole Island

Quick Facts

Region:

North Slope

Nearest City:

Kaktovik

Part of:

Stockton Islands

About

on Beaufort Sea coast, westernmost island of Stockton Is., 19.5 mi. NW of Flaxman I., Arctic Plain. 2.5 miles long.

History of Pole Island

In 1910 Leffingwell (1919, p. 98) wrote, This may not have been the original location, for there is no settled usage among the whalers. This island was named by Whalers probably because a pole once was erected on its shore to identify the island.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Beechey Point B-1 (1955), Beechey Point B-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 B-1 (1962), Beechey Point (1964), Beechey Point B-1 SE (2017),

Places Near Pole Island

Archipelagos:

Stockton Islands,

Bays:

Mikkelsen Bay,

Capes:

Bullen Point, Reliance Point,

Channels:

Newport Entrance,

Islands:

Belvedere Island, Pole Island, Tigvariak Island,