Alaska Gazetteer
Pingasagruk (historical) is a populated place feature (populated place) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Pingasagruk (historical) |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Populated Place |
| Class: | Populated Place |
| Description: | site of an Eskimo village, on barrier bar between the Chukchi Sea and W end of Peard Bay, 27 mi. NE of Wainwright, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "Pingasagruk was ""a very large old settlement that has long been abandoned * * *. According to the natives, this place was called 'Pingashugaruk,' and * * * several hundred people had lived there * * *."" (Smith and Mertie, 1930, p. 105)." |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.8805541992 |
| Longitude: | -159.101394653 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Pingasagruk (historical): Pingasagruk (historical).
NOTE: This map shows the HISTORICAL LOCATION of a feature that is no longer visible!
