Alaska Gazetteer
Challenge Entrance is a cultural feature (channel) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Challenge Entrance |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | on Beaufort Sea coast, between Maguire and Stockton Is., 10 mi. NW of Flaxman I., Arctic Plain |
| History: | "Named by Leffingwell (1919, p. 94) about 1913, ""after the schooner Challenge of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, which is believed to have been the first vessel to pass through the passage.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.2697219849 |
| Longitude: | -146.66444397 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Challenge Entrance: Challenge Entrance.
