Information About

Angun

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Angun on The Map

Location

69 ° 55' 30" N,
142 ° 24' 0" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Kaktovik

Elevation

16 ft (4.88 m)

Angun in Detail.

About

site of Eskimo village, on Beaufort Sea coast at Angun Point, 31 mi. NW of Demarcation Point, Arctic Plain;

History

Archdeacon Stuck (1920, p. 307) mentions spending a night in 1918 at Angun, a village of several igloos, about 35 mi. SE of Barter Island.

Topo Maps

Demarcation Point (1951), Demarcation Point (1951), Demarcation Point (1951), Demarcation Point (1951), Demarcation Point D-3 (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point (1955), Demarcation Point D-3 (1962), Demarcation Point (1964),
Places Near Angun
Bays:

Angun Lagoon, Beaufort Lagoon, Nuvagapak Lagoon, Pokok Bay,

Capes:

Angun Point, Humphrey Point, Nuvagapak Point,

Channels:

Nuvagapak Entrance,

Rivers:

Angun River, Kimikpaurauk River, Kogotpak River, Sikrelurak River, Siksik River,

Cities:

Angun,