Alaska Gazetteer
Wainwright Inlet is a physical feature (sea) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Wainwright Inlet |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Sea |
| Description: | at mouth of Kuk River, S of Wainwright, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "Named by Captain F. W. Beechey, Royal Navy (RN), for Lieutenant John Wainwright, RN, astronomical observer and officer on his ship, the H. M. S. Blossom. Surgeon John Simpson's native map of 1853 shows the Eskimo name ""Olrona"" and P. Tikhmeniev's 1861 map shows ""Zal(iv) Tutagvak,"" which may mean ""big labret.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.597114563 |
| Longitude: | -160.012252808 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Wainwright Inlet: Wainwright Inlet.
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