Information About

Tapkaurak Lagoon

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 5' 40.999" N,
143 ° 7' 0.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Tapkaurak Lagoon in Detail.

About

on coast of Beaufort Sea, between Martin and Tapkaurak Points, 8 mi. E of Barter I., Arctic Plain.

History

Local Eskimo name derived from that of the spit, reported by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1952.