Alaska Gazetteer
Pingok Island is a physical feature (island) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Pingok Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | largest of Jones Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, 7 mi. NW of Beechey Point, Arctic Point. |
| History: | "Eskimo name reported to mean ""mound"" by Leffingwell (1919, p. 97) who originally named this ""Leavitt Island, * * * The largest of the Jones Islands, * * * after Capt. George Leavitt of the whaling fleet."" The name, Leavitt Island, is now relegated to a small island just W of Pingok Island." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.5583343506 |
| Longitude: | -149.503326416 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Pingok Island: Pingok Island.
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