Pole Island is a physical feature (island) in North Slope Borough.
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Feature Name: | Pole Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | on Beaufort Sea coast, westernmost island of Stockton Is., 19.5 mi. NW of Flaxman I., Arctic Plain. 2.5 miles long. |
History: | In 1910 Leffingwell (1919, p. 98) wrote, This may not have been the original location, for there is no settled usage among the whalers. This island was named by Whalers probably because a pole once was erected on its shore to identify the island. |
Borough: | North Slope Borough |
Latitude: | 70.3050003052 |
Longitude: | -147.014160156 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Pole Island: Pole Island.
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