Sagwon
Sagwon is a location 65 miles south of Deadhorse in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States that once hosted an airline operating base that played a key role in oil exploration in the 1960s and subsequent construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Alaska
- Also known as: “Sagwon, Alaska”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site.
Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site
Archaeological site
The Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site is an archaeological site and National Historic Landmark in northern Alaska. Discovered in 1970 during the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, it yielded a radiocarbon date of 10,540 B.P, making it the oldest site of human activity then known in the state at the time of its discovery.
Sagwon
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: North Slope, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
69.37306° or 69° 22′ 23″ northLongitude
-148.70056° or 148° 42′ 2″ westElevation
676 feet (206 metres)IATA airport code
SAGUnited Nations Location Code
US SAGOpen location code
93XH97FX+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 150918488OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Sagwon” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “薩格溫”
- French: “Sagwon (Alaska)”
- French: “Sagwon”
- Irish: “Sagwon”
- Persian: “ساگوان، آلاسکا”
- Persian: “ساگوان”
- South Azerbaijani: “ساقوان، آلاسکا”
- South Azerbaijani: “ساقوان”
- Urdu: “سگووں ، الاسکا”
- Urdu: “سگووں”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Happy Valley Camp.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sagwon Airport and Sag River Overlook.
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