Information About

Tapkaurak Spit

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 6' 4" N,
143 ° 3' 32" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Tapkaurak Spit in Detail.

About

between Beaufort Sea and Tapkaurak Lagoon, 9 mi. E of Barker I., Arctic Plain.

History

Eskimo name reported by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1952 to mean "little narrow spit."