Information About

Browerville

Quick Facts

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Location

71 ° 17' 53.002" N,
156 ° 46' 12" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Utqiagvik

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Browerville in Detail.

About

on Chukchi Sea coast, NE of Barrow, Arctic Plain.

History

Named for Charles D. Brower, who came to the Barrow area in 1886 as head of a whaling station. He later established a trading post. This locality is near the site of the U.S. Polar Station established by Lieutenant P. H. Ray in 1881 (Murdoch, 1892, p. 26), USA. See Barrow.