Alaska Gazetteer
Foggy Island is a physical feature (island) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Foggy Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Foggy I. Bay, Sagavanirktok River Delta, on Beaufort Sea coast, 35 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain |
| History: | "Named by Franklin (1828, p. 155) August 11, 1826, who, having been detained eight days by fogs, described ""this dreary place by the name of Foggy Island.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.2666702271 |
| Longitude: | -147.793060303 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Foggy Island: Foggy Island.
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 Foggy Island does not include property ownership information.
| Deadhorse, AK (17.3 miles WSW) |
