Arey Island is a physical feature (island) in North Slope Borough.
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Feature Name: | Arey Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | W of Barter I., between Arey Lagoon and Beaufort Sea, Arctic Plain. 7 miles long. |
History: | "Originally named ""Barter Island"" August 4, 1826, by Sir John Franklin (1828, p. 147). Local usage applied Barter Island to the large island E of this. In July 1907 Leffingwell (1919, p. 13, 93) mapped and renamed the above location for the prospector H. T. (""Ned"") Arey, originally from Cape Cod, Mass., who lived in the neighborhood several years, and assisted him in explorations on the Okpilak River. The Eskimo name of the island is ""Nalageavik,"" reported in 1948 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS)." |
Borough: | North Slope Borough |
Latitude: | 70.1138916016 |
Longitude: | -143.909164429 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Arey Island: Arey Island.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Arey Island does not include property ownership information.