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 11 miles west of the mainland and 38 miles south west of Christmas Mountain, Nulato Hills.

Besboro island stretches from sorth to south and is only 0.3 km in length. It is, however very craggy, rising up to a heigth of 248 m. 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."

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Coordinates: 74°07′38″N, 161°18′22″E

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