70 ° 7' 54.998" N,
143 ° 37' 26" W
North Slope
26 ft (7.92 m)
population 120, on coast of Beaufort Sea, on N coast of Barter I., Arctic Plain.
HistoryAccording to Leffingwell (1919, p. 93), this Eskimo name, which he spells "Kaktoavik," applies to Barter I. The village takes its name from the Eskimo name of the island.
Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings
Snow Goose, Glaucous Gull, Long-tailed Duck, Aleutian Cackling Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Surf Scoter, Common Eider, Red-breasted Merganser, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Snow Bunting, Ross's Gull, Lapland Longspur, Red-throated Loon, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, King Eider, Black-legged Kittiwake, Common Loon, Long-billed Dowitcher, Red Phalarope, Pectoral Sandpiper, Arctic Tern, Common Raven, Sabine's Gull, Cackling Goose, Sandhill Crane, Red-necked Phalarope, Canada Goose, Stilt Sandpiper, Sanderling, Northern Shoveler, Willow Ptarmigan, Ruddy Turnstone, Dunlin, Snowy Owl, Short-eared Owl, American Golden Plover, Tundra Swan, Lesser Scaup, Mallard, Common Merganser, Baird's Sandpiper, Pomarine Jaeger, Savannah Sparrow, American Wigeon, Greater Scaup, Long-tailed Jaeger, Glaucous-winged Gull, Parasitic Jaeger, White-winged Scoter, Rock Ptarmigan, Western Sandpiper, Pacific Loon, Rough-legged Hawk, Spectacled Eider, Wilson's Snipe, Ivory Gull, Yellow-billed Loon, Horned Lark, Buff-bellied Pipit, Steller's Eider, Harlequin Duck, Common Nighthawk, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Black Turnstone, Least Sandpiper, Herring Gull, Iceland Gull, Slaty-backed Gull, Golden Eagle, Northern Harrier, Bald Eagle, American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Dark-eyed Junco, Rusty Blackbird, Northern Waterthrush, Wilson's Warbler
Bernard Harbor, Kaktovik Lagoon, Pipsuk Bight,
Capes:Channels:Kuvritovik Entrance, Nelsaluk Pass,
Cities:Islands: