Taapkuk (historical) is a populated place feature (populated place) in Northwest Arctic Borough.
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Feature Name: | Taapkuk (historical) |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Populated Place |
Class: | Populated Place |
Description: | at Cape Espenberg on Kotzebue Sound, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. |
History: | Former Eskimo village or camp reported in 1847 as "Tapkhakgmut" by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), (Hodge, 1910, p. 691); listed as "Ta-apkuk," population 42, in the 1880 Census by Petroff (1884,p.4). |
Borough: | Northwest Arctic Borough |
Latitude: | 66.5500030518 |
Longitude: | -163.600006104 |
GNIS ID: | 1896869 |
Espenberg, AK (10.4 miles WNW) |