Information About

Avak Bay

Quick Facts

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Location

71 ° 13' 44" N,
156 ° 5' 17.002" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Utqiagvik

Avak Bay in Detail.

About

indents NW shore of Iko Bay, 15 mi. SE of Point Barrow, Arctic Plain. 0.8 mile wide.

History

Eskimo name meaning "divide" or "cut in half," recorded at Barrow in 1951 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).