Flaxman Island
Flaxman Island is an island in North Slope, Alaska.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leffingwell Camp Site.
Leffingwell Camp Site
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Leffingwell Camp Site, on Flaxman Island, 58 miles west of Barter Island on the Arctic Coast of Alaska, was used by polar explorer and geologist Ernest de Koven Leffingwell on his pioneering Anglo-American Polar Expedition of 1906–1908, which aimed to explore the Beaufort Sea.
Flaxman Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Sidrak Island”
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: North Slope, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
70.19033° or 70° 11′ 25″ northLongitude
-146.06477° or 146° 3′ 53″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)IATA airport code
FXMUnited Nations Location Code
US FXMOpen location code
C32M5WRP+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 476184301OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5862276
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Flaxman Island” goes by many names.
- French: “Île de Flaxman”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Flaxman Island and Point Thomson Airstrip Aerodrome.
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