Alaska Gazetteer
Eluitkak Pass is a cultural feature (channel) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Eluitkak Pass |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | on coast of Beaufort Sea, between Plover Point and Doctor I., 3.5 mi. SE of Point Barrow, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "Eskimo name recorded by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1951 and means ""it's bad (difficult)"" referring to the strong current. It was originally named Moore Channel, after Commander T. E. L. Moore, Royal Navy (RN), and shown on Commander Maguire's map (Great Britain, 1854, facing p. 186) with the Eskimo name ""Ikkeraluk,"" which is reported to mean, ""a worthless provision rack"" (Leffingwell, 1919, p. 97)." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 71.368888855 |
| Longitude: | -156.359451294 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Eluitkak Pass: Eluitkak Pass.
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Nuwuk, AK
(2.7 miles WNW) |
Browerville, AK
(10.3 miles WSW) |
