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    Kobuk (Inupiaq: Laugviik) is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 151, up from 109 in 2000...
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    Kobuk Valley National Park is a national park of the United States in the Arctic region of northwestern Alaska, located about 25 miles (40 km) north of...
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  • Kobuk may refer to: Kobuk, Alaska Kobuk River, in Alaska Kobuk Valley National Park in Alaska This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical...
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    area of 12,300 square miles (32,000 km2), the Kobuk River is among the largest rivers in northwest Alaska, with widths of up to 1,500 feet (460 m) and...
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    Alaska (/əˈlæskə/ ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. It is in the Western United States region. The...
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    ecoregion. Arctic Alaska is also the location of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Kobuk Valley National...
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    The Kobuk River Stampede was a brief gold rush on the Kobuk River in Alaska. From 1897 to 1898, several false accounts of the discovery of gold on the...
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    Kivalina Kobuk Kotzebue Noorvik Selawik Shungnak Noatak Red Dog Mine Alaska portal List of airports in the Northwest Arctic Borough 1996 Alaska Municipal...
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    085000; -157.860331, on the north bank of the Kobuk River, near the confluence of the Ambler and the Kobuk Rivers. It lies 45 miles north of the Arctic...
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    land claims. Kotzebue is a gateway to Kobuk Valley National Park and other natural attractions of northern Alaska. The Northwest Arctic Heritage Center...
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    National Park Kobuk Valley National Park Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve State parks in Alaska Climate of...
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    Kobuk Airport (IATA: OBU, ICAO: PAOB, FAA LID: OBU) (Iñupiaq: Laugviik Mirviak) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Kobuk, a city in the Northwest...
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    Alaska occupies the northwestern portion of the North American continent and is bordered only by Canada on the east. It is one of two U.S. states not bordered...
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    System and lies entirely within the Kobuk Valley National Park in Alaska. Orth, Donald (1967) Dictionary of Alaska Place Names Geological Survey professional...
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    with Alaska Natives making up 95% of the student body. The source of municipal water is from a reservoir intermittently filled from the Kobuk River....
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    rivers meet: the Squirrel River, Kobuk River as well as big/small channel rivers. Kiana is in the Northwestern Alaska, 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle...
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    This list of Alaska Native tribal entities names the federally recognized tribes in the state of Alaska. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971...
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    Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the U.S. state of Alaska, about 58 miles (93 km) southeast of Anchorage. The city is within the Chugach...
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    (72 km) Imelyak River – 55 miles (89 km) Aniuk River – 45 miles (72 km) Kobuk River – 280 miles (450 km) Squirrel River – 72 miles (116 km) Salmon River...
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  • The Alaska Native Regional Corporations were established in 1971 when the United States Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)...
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    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...
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  • Aerodrome) Aubenas, Rhône-Alpes, France UTC+02:00 Mar-Oct OBU PAOB Kobuk Airport Kobuk, Alaska, United States OBX AYOB Obo Airport Obo, Papua New Guinea -OC-...
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    Alatna, Allakaket, Ambler, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville, Hughes, Kobuk, Nuiqsut, Shungnak, and Wiseman. There are no established roads, trails...
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    Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2017. "Kobuk Valley National Park". National Park Service. Retrieved March 23, 2010....
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    state of Alaska. The population was 177 at the 2020 census. Several Native groups have lived in the area, including Koyukon Athabascans and Kobuk, Selawik...
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    036641). Noorvik is located on the right bank of the Nazuruk Channel of the Kobuk River, 76 km (47 mi) east of Kotzebue. According to the United States Census...
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  • River in Alaska. Salmon River (Portland Canal) arises from Salmon Glacier in British Columbia and flows through Hyder, Alaska. Salmon River (Kobuk River)...
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    location for trade between the Koyukon people and Inupiat people of the Kobuk River area before the arrival of Europeans.[citation needed] In 1838, the...
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  • several of the Kobuk River's tributaries. This gold strike (which by some accounts was false) attracted nearly 2,000 people to Alaska, though only 800...
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    is the largest island in the Aleutian Islands chain of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the easternmost island in the Aleutians and, with an area of 1,571...
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