Barrow, Alaska, United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Barrow,_Alaska,_United_States
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:airport gptkb:Wiley_Post–Will_Rogers_Memorial_Airport
gptkbp:area 21.3 sq mi (55.2 km²)
gptkbp:areaCode 907
gptkbp:averageSpeed -8.0°C (17.6°F)
gptkbp:book gptkb:Tuzzy_Consortium_Library
gptkbp:borough gptkb:North_Slope_Borough
gptkbp:climate arctic tundra
Köppen ET (Tundra)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:elevation 10 ft (3 m)
gptkbp:founded 1901 (incorporated)
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:North_Slope_Borough_Assembly
gptkbp:hasIndigenousPeoples Indigenous people
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Barrow, Alaska, United States
gptkbp:latitude 71.2906° N
gptkbp:longitude -156.7886° W
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity government, oil industry, subsistence hunting
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Sir_John_Barrow
gptkbp:notableEvent whale hunting festival (Nalukataq)
gptkbp:notableFor long periods of polar night and midnight sun
northernmost city in the United States
Arctic research
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Point_Barrow
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Utqiaġvik
gptkbp:population about 4,400 (2020 census)
gptkbp:postalCode 99723
gptkbp:renamed Utqiaġvik (2016)
gptkbp:schoolDistrict gptkb:North_Slope_Borough_School_District
gptkbp:state gptkb:Alaska
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Alaska_Standard_Time_(AKST)
gptkbp:website https://www.utqiagvik.us/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ASRC
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7