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Map from the US Bureau of Land Management showing structures that create the oil fields in Alaska North Slope geologic cross section Geophysical Service Inc. seismic exploration crew, Deadhorse, Alaska, 1981. Under the North Slope is an ancient seabed, which now contains large amounts of petroleum. Within the North Slope, there is a geological ...
The North Slope Borough is the northernmost borough in the US state of Alaska and, thus, the northernmost county or equivalent of the United States as a whole. As of the 2020 census , the population was 11,031. [ 3 ]
Arctic Alaska or Far North Alaska is a region of the U.S. state of Alaska generally referring to the northern areas on or close to the Arctic Ocean.. It commonly includes North Slope Borough, Northwest Arctic Borough, Nome Census Area, and is sometimes taken to include parts of the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area.
The city is the center of the North Slope borough and has been a swing city for presidential elections. A substantial number of third-party voters have resided there from time to time. United States presidential election results for Barrow/Utqiagvik, Alaska [ 59 ]
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope.It is the largest oil field in North America, covering 213,543 acres (86,418 ha) and originally contained approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0 × 10 9 m 3) of oil. [1]
According to town's official website, Utqiaġvik is the "economic, transportation and administrative center" for the North Slope Borough and was incorporated as a first-class city in 1958.
English: This is a locator map showing North Slope Borough in Alaska. Date: 5 March 2006: Source: Own work: