Gazetteer of coastal and offshore features of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas

Abstract

This gazetteer presents the names of seafloor and coastal features of the Alaskan Arctic Coast. It includes the named features of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas south of 74°N latitude and the Alaskan coast from the Bering Strait to Demarcation Point. The gazetteer of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas is the third of three gazetteers that cover the offshore and coastal features of Alaska. For this purpose Alaska was divided into three major regions - the Gulf of Alaska (Gerin and Molnia, 1978), the Bering Sea and Aleutian Arc (Gerin, 1979), and the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. (Fig.1) The purpose of the gazetteer is to serve as a collection of named features of the region, both current and new names. This gazetteer provides a single source of names for coastal and offshore features rather than separate land and sea references. With the increased activity of offshore exploration there is an increased use of current and new names in reports and maps of the Arctic coast.