Alaska Gazetteer
Spy Islands is a physical feature (island) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Spy Islands |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | one of Jones Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, 3.5 mi. N of Oliktok Point, 15 mi. NW of Beechey Point; Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "There were ""two or three closely connected sand islands,"" when Leffingwell (1919, p. 99) named them,"" after the schooner Spy, which went inside them about 1881.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.5638885498 |
| Longitude: | -149.849716187 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Spy Islands: Spy Islands.
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