Anaktuvuk Pass, AK

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Anaktuvuk Pass is a small 2nd class city in North Slope Borough, Alaska. The population was 324 at the 2010 census.

Anaktuvuk Pass is the last remaining settlement of the Nunamiut (inland northern Inupiat Eskimo) in Alaska. The name Anaktuvuk Pass in Inupiat language literally means "The place of caribou droppings".

City website:
www.co.north-slope.ak.us/villages/anaktuvuk

Overview & History:
www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_N...

Photos:
www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/photos/comm_photos.cfm?com...

FAA live webcam:
akweathercams.faa.gov/sitelist.php
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   68°8'11"N   151°44'41"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago