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Arctic Alaska or Far North Alaska is a region of the U.S. state of Alaska generally referring to the northern areas on or close to the Arctic Ocean. It commonly includes North Slope Borough , Northwest Arctic Borough , Nome Census Area , and is sometimes taken to include parts of the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area .
North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. Incorporated in 1953, it is part of the Fairbanks metropolitan statistical area . As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 2,243, [ 2 ] up from 2,117 in 2010. [ 3 ]
Point Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow). It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States, at 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W / 71.38889°N 156.47917°W / 71.38889; -156.47917 ( Point Barrow ) , 1,122 ...
Map from the US Bureau of Land Management showing structures that create the oil fields in Alaska North Slope geologic cross section Geophysical Service Inc. seismic exploration crew, Deadhorse, Alaska, 1981. Under the North Slope is an ancient seabed, which now contains large amounts of petroleum. Within the North Slope, there is a geological ...
The Upward Sun River site, or Xaasaa Na’, is a Late Pleistocene archaeological site associated with the Paleo-Arctic tradition, located in the Tanana River Valley, Alaska. Dated to around 11,500 BP , [ 1 ] Upward Sun River is the site of the oldest human remains discovered on the American side of Beringia . [ 2 ]
Map of Alaska (click on map to see larger image) Module:Location map/data/USA Alaska is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of the U.S. state of Alaska. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
North Pole High School: North Pole: 9–12: 4A: 733 Star of the North Secondary School: North Pole: 7–12 — 164 West Valley High School: Fairbanks: 9–12: 4A: 1,024 Total grades 9–12 for district: 4,007
The five principal meridians of Alaska are the Copper River meridian (established 1905), Fairbanks meridian (adopted 1910), Kateel River meridian (adopted 1956), Seward meridian (adopted 1911) and Umiat meridian (adopted 1956).