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Arctic Alaska, also referred to as Far North Alaska, is a vast region of extending from around the Arctic Circle to the Arctic Ocean.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Utqiagvik and Nome.

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Utqiaġvik is a city that is 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle on the Arctic Ocean in Arctic Alaska. The city holds the distinction of being the northernmost settlement in the , and the northernmost settlement on the North American mainland.

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is a city in the Arctic region of . It is a town of about 4,000 people, about half of whom are Alaska Natives. It is the transportation and commerce center for Northwest Alaska. It is also the western terminus of the Iditarod Trail.

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is a town of 3,200 people in Arctic Alaska. It's an important regional hub and a launching point for flights to remote Arctic wilderness reserves.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Gates of the Arctic National Park and Kaktovik.

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is a national park in Northern Alaska. It is the northernmost US national park, lying entirely north of the Arctic Circle, and the second largest—at 13,238 sq mi it is roughly the size of Switzerland or !

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is a city of just under three hundred people on the Beaufort Sea in Arctic Alaska's North Slope Borough.

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is a city in , United States, in the western part of the state. At the 2010 census the population was 765, up from 688 in 2000.

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is a city in , United States. It is located in the middle of . The population was 425 at the 2020 census, up from 324 as of the 2010 census.

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, also known by its Inupiaq name Ivisaappaat, is a small but vibrant community in Arctic Alaska. It is rich in culture and history on the north bank of the Kobuk River, near the confluence of the and the Kobuk Rivers.

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is a city near Nome in Arctic Alaska. It had a population of 237 in 2019, and is on the edge of a large bay, close to the Bering Strait.

is a very small village along Norton Sound. This community has been moved twice because of encroaching seas, a result of global warming that has melted a lot of Arctic ice.

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is a town in Alaska of about 150 people. It is situated on a narrow point separating the Golovnin Lagoon and Golovnin Bay.

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is a city in , United States. At the 2010 census the population was 330, up from 313 in 2000.

is a city in , , . The population was 190 at the 2010 census, down from 203 in 2000. The city is an Iġaluŋmiut Inupiat village, with historical influences from and relationships with Qawiaraq Inupiat and Golovin and Elim Yup’iks.

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is an island in the Bering Strait. It is part of the Arctic Alaska region but below the Arctic Circle.

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is a remote, little-visited national park in Arctic Alaska, known for its wilderness, sand dunes, and caribou migrations.

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is a census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of . The population was 34 at the 2020 census. It is said that the name was derived from travelers getting "cold feet" about making the 240-some-mile journey north to Deadhorse.

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is a census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, , . The full time resident population is 12 as of 2022. is a small mining community along the in the .

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is a town 10 miles from Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic Ocean in Arctic Alaska at the end of the Dalton Highway.

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The is a preserve in Arctic Alaska. The preserve, which is crossed by the Continental Divide, is dotted with lava fields, tundra, and crossed by the Arctic Circle.

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is a very remote national preserve in remote Arctic . There are no roads nor facilities in the park, making it one of the most difficult-to-get-to destinations in the United States of America.

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is an unincorporated community in the Nome Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of . As of the 2010 census, the population was zero, down from four in 2000.

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is 650,000 acres of remote Arctic wilderness in Arctic Alaska. A coastal plain with multiple lagoons and limestone bluffs, it is a destination for challenging hikes and beautiful, undeveloped scenery.

Arctic Alaska

Latitude of center
70° north
Longitude of center
-154° or 154° west
Wiki­data ID
Q3245148
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Venetian—“Arctic Alaska” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Alaska septentrional”
  • French: “Arctique alaskien”
  • Hebrew: “האזור הארקטי של אלסקה”
  • Italian: “Alaska artico”
  • Japanese: “極北アラスカ”
  • Portuguese: “Alasca Ártico”
  • Portuguese: “Extremo Norte do Alasca”
  • Spanish: “Alaska septentrional”
  • Turkish: “Arktik Alaska”
  • Turkish: “Uzak Kuzey Alaska”
  • Venetian: “Ałaska àrtego”

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