Description
Pingok Island is located largest of Jones Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, 7 mi. NW of Beechey Point, Arctic Point.
History
Eskimo name reported to mean "mound" by Leffingwell (1919, p. 97) who originally named this "Leavitt Island, * * * The largest of the Jones Islands, * * * after Capt. George Leavitt of the whaling fleet." The name, Leavitt Island, is now relegated to a small island just W of Pingok Island.