Alaska Gazetteer
Ross Bay is a physical feature (bay) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Ross Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | on Beaufort Sea coast, 2 mi. S of Ross Point and 21 mi. SE of Barrow, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | Named August 3, 1837 by Thomas Simpson (1843, p. 151), for a personal friend, a partner of Charles and Rowand in the fur trade at Fort Garry. The name was originally applied to the larger area, north of the lagoon, extending east of Ross Point. |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 71.1843414307 |
| Longitude: | -155.891036987 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ross Bay: Ross 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 Ross Bay does not include property ownership information.
| Nuwuk, AK (19 miles NW) |
