Alaska Gazetteer
Karluk Island is a physical feature (island) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Karluk Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | southernmost of McClure Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "It is shown on present-day maps as an unnamed island SE of Jeannette Island. It was originally named Karluk Island by Leffingwell (1919, p. 96), ""after the whalingship Karluk,"" which, under the command of Captain Steven Cottle, ""kindly towed the yawl halfway to Nome***"" in July 1909 (p. 15). The island was identified by Leffingwell as Island Number 19, and was used as a triangulation station in 1910." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.3399963379 |
| Longitude: | -147.324996948 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Karluk Island: Karluk 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 Karluk Island does not include property ownership information.
