Alaska Gazetteer
Niakuk Islands is a physical feature (island) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Niakuk Islands |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | off-shore group, extends W of Heald Point, at mouth of Prudhoe Bay, on Beaufort Sea coast, 23 mi. SE of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "Eskimo name meaning ""head"" (neaqoq); reported by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1949. This name may be the same as that reported by Surgeon John Simpson on his 1853 native map as Niako. See Niako I." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.3566665649 |
| Longitude: | -148.238616943 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Niakuk Islands: Niakuk Islands.
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| Deadhorse, AK (12.2 miles SSW) |
