Alaska Gazetteer
Blossom Shoals is a physical feature (bar) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Blossom Shoals |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bar |
| Description: | Extend 10 miles northwest from Icy Cape. |
| History: | "Named in 1826 by Captain Beechey (1831, v. 1, p. 276), who wrote, ""Upon examination with the boats, several successive banks were found at about three quarters of a mile apart, lying parallel with the coast line * * *. These shoals lie immediately off Icy Cape * * *, ""and were named after Beechey's ship H.@M.@S. Blossom. In September, 1889, Lieutenant Commander C. H. Stockton, U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S.S. Thetis, erected a beacon on Icy Cape to mark the beginning of Blossom Shoals." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.3666687012 |
| Longitude: | -161.940551758 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Blossom Shoals: Blossom Shoals.
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