Information About

Kikyuktukturo

Quick Facts

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Location

71 ° 20' 35.002" N,
156 ° 36' 0" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Utqiagvik

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Kikyuktukturo in Detail.

About

on Chukchi Sea coast, NE of Salt Lagoon and 5 mi. NE of Barrow; Arctic Plain.

History

Eskimo name recorded in 1883 by Sergeant John Murdoch, naturalist, to mean "Island pond * * * from one or two little islands (Kikyu'kta) near one end of it." (Murdoch, 1892, p. 28).