Information About

Taapkuk

Quick Facts

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Location

66 ° 33' 0" N,
163 ° 36' 0" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Kotzebue

Taapkuk in Detail.

About

at Cape Espenberg on Kotzebue Sound, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low.

History

Former Eskimo village or camp reported in 1847 as "Tapkhakgmut" by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), (Hodge, 1910, p. 691); listed as "Ta-apkuk," population 42, in the 1880 Census by Petroff (1884,p.4).

Places Near Taapkuk
Cities:

Taapkuk,

Capes:

Cape Espenberg,