Black Island is a physical feature (island) in North Slope Borough.
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Feature Name: | Black Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Canning River, 4.7 mi. W of Mount Copleston and 47 mi. S of Flaxman I., Arctic Slope. 0.2 mile long. |
History: | "Leffingwell did not list this as a geographic name but wrote (1919, p. 119), ""A small outcrop of black shale was observed * * * at a small island called Black Island, in Canning River, opposite Mount Copleston.""" |
Borough: | North Slope Borough |
Latitude: | 69.5194473267 |
Longitude: | -146.288894653 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Black Island: Black 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 Black Island does not include property ownership information.