Monument, Alaska
USA /
Alaska /
Barrow /
World
/ USA
/ Alaska
/ Barrow
village, archaeological site, historic ruins
Monument is the modern name for this site after the monument to Will Rogers and Wiley Post that was placed here in 1935. In Iñupiaq it is known as Ualiqpaa (Walakpa) and has been continuously hunted, fished, and camped possibly for millennia.
iceandtime.net/category/walakpa/
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/history-melting-how-climat...
www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Anthropology/pd...
iceandtime.net/category/walakpa/
pulitzercenter.org/reporting/history-melting-how-climat...
www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Anthropology/pd...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 71°9'16"N 157°3'46"W
- Lake Sungovoak 22 km
- Avak Impact Crater 23 km
- Elson Lagoon 34 km
- Lake Tuskikovak 35 km
- Admiralty Bay 56 km
- Dease Inlet 59 km
- Pitalukruak Lake 72 km
- Sinclar Lake 84 km
- Naluakruk Lake 131 km
- Teshekpuk Lake 144 km