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Leavitt Island
latitude: 70.56917 longitude: -149.67417 state: Alaska county: North Slope category: Island elevation (ft/m): 3/1 description: one of Jones Is. on Beaufort Sea coast, W of Pingok I., Arctic Plain history: E. de K. Leffingwell (1919, p. 97) originally named "the largest of the Jones Islands, * * * Leavitt Island, * * * after Capt. (George) Leavitt of the whaling fleet." Leffingwell gave its Eskimo name as "Pingok," meaning "mound," which name is applied to the largest island on present day maps. citation: Represents a feature name collected during Phase I GNIS data compilation (1976-1981), primarily from existing U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. more information from: collections: add to personal | community current position find nearby locations 0 nearby locations: < prev 0-0 next > |