Flaxman Island

Flaxman Island is an island in , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leffingwell Camp Site.

Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The , 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

Latitude
70.1894° or 70° 11′ 22″ north
Longitude
-146.1038° or 146° 6′ 14″ west
Open location code
C32M5VQW+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 476184303
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
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Satellite Map

Discover Flaxman Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Highlights include Flaxman Island and Point Thomson Airstrip Aerodrome.

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