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Point Barrow
Nuvuk (Inupiaq)
Northernmost point of the United States
Point Barrow is located in Alaska
Point Barrow
Point Barrow
Location within the state of Alaska
Coordinates: 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W / 71.38889°N 156.47917°W / 71.38889; -156.47917
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
BoroughNorth Slope
Time zoneUTC-9 (AKST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-8 (AKDT)

Point Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow). It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States, at 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W / 71.38889°N 156.47917°W / 71.38889; -156.47917 (Point Barrow), 1,122 nautical miles (1,291 mi; 2,078 km) south of the North Pole. (The northernmost point on the North American mainland, Murchison Promontory in Canada, is 40 miles (64 km) farther north.)

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