Alaska Gazetteer
Martin Island is a physical feature (island) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Martin Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | E of Copper I., in Plover Is., 27 mi. E of Barrown, Arctic Plain |
| History: | "Named in 1850 by Commander Moore, Royal Navy (RN), for one of his officers. Commander Maguire (Great Britain, 1854, map facing p. 186), Royal Navy (RN), shows it as the first island E of Point Barrow, now named Doctor Island. Leffingwell (1919, p. 97) applied the anme to the present day Cooper Island and reported the Eskimo name ""Shiningarok,"" meaning ""he slept.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 71.2191696167 |
| Longitude: | -155.492782593 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Martin Island: Martin 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 Martin Island does not include property ownership information.
