Villages
Anaktuvuk Pass
Anaktuvuk Pass is located on a divide between the Anaktuvuk and John rivers in the central Brooks Range.
Atqasuk
Atqasuk is located inland from the Arctic Ocean on the Meade River, about 60 miles southwest of Barrow.
Barrow
Barrow is the economic, transportation and administrative center for the North Slope Borough.
Kaktovik
Barter Island is 90 miles west of the Canadian border and 278 miles southeast of Barrow. The village is on the northern edge of the 20.3 million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Nuiqsut
Nuiqsut is located 15 to 18 miles south of the Nechelik Channel entrance, which is the head of the Colville River at the Beaufort Sea, and 136 miles southeast of Barrow.
Point Hope
Point Hope is located near the end of a triangular spit which juts 15 miles into the Chukchi Sea about 248 miles southwest of Barrow.
Point Lay
Point Lay is located on the Chuckchi Sea coast, protected from the open ocean by the Kasugaluk Lagoon and is 152 miles southwest of Barrow.
Wainwright
Wainwright is located along a wave-eroded coastal bluff on the West Side of a narrow peninsula, which separates Wainwright Inlet from the Chukchi Sea. Wainwright is about 72 air miles southwest of Barrow.