Back نقطة بارو Arabic Barrou burnu Azerbaijani Бараў (мыс) Byelorussian ব্যারো বিন্দু Bengali/Bangla Punta Barrow Catalan Point Barrow (punta sa Tinipong Bansa, Alaska) CEB Point Barrow Czech Point Barrow German Point Barrow Esperanto Punta Barrow Spanish
Point Barrow
Nuvuk (Inupiaq) | |
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  Point Barrow Location within the state of Alaska | |
| Coordinates: 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W / 71.38889°N 156.47917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | North Slope |
| Time zone | UTC-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, 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.)