Alaska Gazetteer
Cross Island is a physical feature (island) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Cross Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | 12 mi. N of Anxiety Point, between McClure and Midway Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, 27 mi. E of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. 2 miles long. |
| History: | "Named by Captain Stockton (1890, p. 185), U.S. Navy (USN), in 1889, who wrote ""the island, though nameless, was marked by a wooden cross, from which fact it was called Cross Island.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.4908370972 |
| Longitude: | -147.945831299 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cross Island: Cross 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 Cross Island does not include property ownership information.
