Description
Karluk Island is located southernmost of McClure Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, Arctic Plain.
History
It is shown on present-day maps as an unnamed island SE of Jeannette Island. It was originally named Karluk Island by Leffingwell (1919, p. 96), "after the whalingship Karluk," which, under the command of Captain Steven Cottle, "kindly towed the yawl halfway to Nome***" in July 1909 (p. 15). The island was identified by Leffingwell as Island Number 19, and was used as a triangulation station in 1910.