Alaska Gazetteer
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 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Taapkuk (historical): Taapkuk (historical).
| Espenberg, AK (10.4 miles WNW) |
