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Anaktuvuk Pass (Inupiaq: Anaqtuuvak, IPA: [ɐnɑqtuːvɐk], [4] Anaqtuġvik or Naqsraq, IPA:) is a city [5] [6] in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 282 at the 2000 census [ 7 ] and 324 as of the 2010 census .
The Anaktuvuk Pass ("the place of caribou droppings", el. 2,200 ft.) is a mountain pass located in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in North Slope Borough in northern Alaska. The Anaktuvuk Pass is in the Brooks Range which divides the Anaktuvuk River with the John River.
Anaktuvuk Pass Airport (IATA: AKP [2], ICAO: PAKP, FAA LID: AKP) is a public use airport located in Anaktuvuk Pass, [1] a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by North Slope Borough.
In 1949, the Chandler Lake Nunamiuts moved to Anaktuvuk Pass; later, the Killik River group moved there also. Anaktuvuk Pass is the only Nunamiut settlement. A federally recognized Alaskan village is located Anaktuvuk—the Village of Anaktuvuk Pass, the Naqsragmiut Tribal Council.
The Anaktuvuk River [pronunciation?] (Inupiaq: Anaqtuuvak) is a river in Alaska's North Slope. [2] One hundred and thirty-five miles (217 km) long, it flows west from glaciers in the Endicott Mountains changing direction just north of Anaktuvuk Pass [1] to flow north to the Arctic Coastal Plain where it joins the Colville River.
The plant hardiness zone at Anaktuvuk Pass Ranger Station is 2b with an average annual extreme minimum temperature of −42.6 °F (−41.4 °C). [15] Perennial snowfields and glaciers, which are crucial to various ecosystems within the park, are decreasing at a rapid rate due to warming temperatures. [16]