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Alaktak

Quick Facts

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Location

70 ° 45' 58" N,
155 ° 2' 20" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Utqiagvik

Elevation

16 ft (4.88 m)

Alaktak in Detail.

About

on E shore of Alaktak River, between Admiralty and Smith Bays, 19 mi. SW of Cape Simpson and 53 mi. SE of Barrow, Arctic Plain

History

This was once a reindeer camp with a herd of a few thousand, sometimes referred to as Half Moon Three (Ranch); a name derived from the call letters of the radio station maintained there in the 1940's because of its strategic location for emergency landings and weather reporting. The present name is derived from the stream.

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