Besboro Island

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Besboro Island is a small island in the in the Norton Sound, Bering Sea, off the shores of Alaska. It is located convert|18|km|mi west of the mainland and convert|61|km|mi miles south west of Christmas Mountain, Nulato Hills.

Besboro island stretches from north to south and is only convert|0.3|km|ft in length. It is, however very craggy, rising up to a height of convert|248|m|ft. Administratively this island belongs to the Nome Census Area, Alaska.

This island was named on September 12, 1778 by Captain James Cook(1785, v. 2, p. 479), RN, who published it as "Besborough Island." It is part of the Bering Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

External links

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=108:3:15845223094965297813::NO::P3_FID:1398903 USGS-GNIS]
* [http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/files/issues/v004n06/p0135-p0144.pdf Birdlife]
* [http://wikimapia.org/7349578/Besboro_Island Picture]