Kaktovik, Alaska
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Aerial view of Kaktovik and Barter Island LRRS.
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 Location in North Slope Borough and the state of Alaska |
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 Kaktovik, Alaska
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| Coordinates: 70°07′58″N 143°36′58″W / 70.13278°N 143.61611°WCoordinates: 70°07′58″N 143°36′58″W / 70.13278°N 143.61611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | North Slope |
| Incorporated | March 26, 1971 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Nora Jane Burns |
| • State senator | Donny Olson (D) |
| • State rep. | Dean Westlake (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km2) |
| • Land | 0.8 sq mi (2.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 239 |
| • Density | 239/sq mi (92/km2) |
| Time zone | Alaska (AKST) (UTC-9) |
| • Summer (DST) | AKDT (UTC-8) |
| ZIP code | 99747 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-36990 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1404349, 2419404 |
Kaktovik (kack-TOH-vick) (Qaaktuġvik in Iñupiaq) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 293 at the 2000 census and 239 as of the 2010 census.
Until the late nineteenth century Barter Island was a major trade center for the Inupiat and was especially important as a bartering place for Inupiat from Alaska and Inuit from Canada.
Kaktovik was traditional fishing place—Kaktovik means "Seining Place"—that has a large pond of good fresh water on high ground. It had no permanent settlers until people from other parts of Barter Island and northern Alaska moved to the area around the construction of a runway and Distant Early Warning Line station in the 1950s. The area was incorporated as the City of Kaktovik in 1971.
Due to Kaktovik's isolation, the village has maintained its Inupiat Eskimo traditions. Subsistence is highly dependent upon the hunting of caribou and whale.
Kaktovik is located at 70°7′58″N 143°36′58″W / 70.13278°N 143.61611°W (70.132832, -143.616230).
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