What is the northernmost municipality of the United States?

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

Point Barrow is also an important geographical landmark, marking the limit between two marginal seas of the Arctic, the Chukchi Sea on its western side and the Beaufort Sea on the eastern.

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Marian Spitzig

My mother made it to Point Barrow. She said it was the most interesting trip she ever made. Did it in the mid to late 1980s.

Donna L

The city is now known as Utqiagvik.

earlepg

The Inupiat ("real people") voted to change the name of Barrow back to its original name of Utqiagvik ("a place to gather roots") in October 2016. Less than 20% voted on the issue and the name change won by only six votes.