Alaska Gazetteer
Iko Bay is a physical feature (bay) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Iko Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | Extending S off Elson Lagoon at the mouth of Avak Creek, between Scott Point and Ross Point, 15 mi SE of Point Barrow, Arctic Plain. 5 miles long. |
| History: | "Eskimo name published by Commander R. Maguire (1854, map facing p. 186), Royal Navy (RN), and reported to mean ""the last one"" or ""the end."" This feature is probably the same bay shown on Thomas Simpson's map as McKenzies Bay and named ""after Chief Factor Roderick Mackenzie (sic),"" of the Hudson's Bay Company (simpson, 1843, p. 152)." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 71.2036590576 |
| Longitude: | -156.013977051 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Iko Bay: Iko Bay.
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 Iko Bay does not include property ownership information.
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