Alaska Gazetteer
Flaxman Island is a physical feature (island) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Flaxman Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | between Beaufort Sea and Lion Bay, Arctic Plain. 7 miles long. |
| History: | "Named August 6, 1826 by Franklin (1828, p. 151), ""in honour of the late eminent sculptor. It is about four miles long, and two broad, and rises, at its highest elevation, about fifty feet * * *."" John Flaxman, 1755-1826, was an English sculptor and draftsman, who will probably be remembered ""best as the designer of the exquisite little cameos that stand out so charmingly in dead white on the dead blue background of Wedgwood pottery; * * *"" (Stuck, 1920, p. 289). The Eskimo name, ""Sidrak,"" was reported in 1912 to mean ""fox hole"", (1919, p. 95)." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.1938858032 |
| Longitude: | -146.035827637 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Flaxman Island: Flaxman 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 Flaxman Island does not include property ownership information.
