Alaska Gazetteer
North Salt Lagoon is a physical feature (lake) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | North Salt Lagoon |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Lake |
| Description: | between Elson Lagoon and Chukchi Sea, 4 mi. NE of Barrow, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | Named for scientific purposes (Carson and Hussey, 1962). This feature is probably the same lagoon recorded by Sergeant John Murdoch and published as Imeakpuniglu by Lieutenant P. H. Ray (1885, p. 55), U.S. Army (USA), and reported by them to mean big water, too. The Eskimo name is more closely rendered Imikpaneraluk. |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 71.3344497681 |
| Longitude: | -156.621307373 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for North Salt Lagoon: North Salt Lagoon.
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Browerville, AK
(4.1 miles SW) |
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(4.7 miles NE) |
