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    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...
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    Utqiagvik, Alaska (redirect from Barrow, AK)
    a British Admiralty chart as "Otkiovik." The former name Barrow was derived from Point Barrow, and was originally a general designation, because non-native...
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    USNS Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) was a one-of-a-kind "Cargo Ship Dock." She was the lone ship in her class, named for Point Barrow (the northernmost point in...
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  • Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency) Barrow, Cheshire Barrow, Gloucestershire Barrow, Lancashire Barrow, Rutland Barrow, Shropshire Barrow...
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    (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Point Barrow Long Range Radar Site (LRR Site: A-17) is a United States Air Force radar...
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    Isaac Barrow (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the...
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  • The Barrow Point or Mutumui language, called Eibole, is a recently extinct Australian Aboriginal language. According to Wurm and Hattori (1981), there...
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    The Point Barrow Refuge Station is a historic building in the Browerville section of Utqiaġvik, Alaska (formerly Barrow). Built in 1889, it is the oldest...
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  • effort to free three gray whales from pack ice in the Beaufort Sea near Point Barrow in the U.S. state of Alaska in 1988. The whales' plight generated media...
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    assembly is apportioned among the various communities; Barrow is allotted six seats, Nuiqsut, Point Hope and Wainwright one seat apiece, while the remaining...
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    Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were American bandits who traveled the Central...
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    Adama Barrow (Fula: 𞤀𞥄𞤣𞤢𞤥𞤢 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤪𞤮, romanized: Aadama Baaro, born 15 February 1965) is a Gambian politician and real estate developer who has...
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    coordinates) Point Barrow, Alaska 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W / 71.38889°N 156.47917°W / 71.38889; -156.47917 (Point Barrow) – northernmost point in the United...
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    the Northern point of Wrangel Island – the Northern limit of East Siberian Sea. From the Northern point of Wrangel Island to Point Barrow – the Northern...
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    the North Pole, it is 64 km (40 mi) farther north than Point Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost point of all U.S. territory. Murchison Promontory extends along...
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    Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England...
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  • The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror point-and-click adventure game developed by Cloak and Dagger Games and published by Wadjet Eye Games in...
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    the coast from the mouth of the Mackenzie River in Canada almost to Point Barrow. Prudhoe Bay is located on the Sagavanirktok River. According to the...
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  • 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska. In small town Alaska 1988, Adam Carlson, a news reporter, recruits...
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    is impractical because of the need to sail around ice near Point Barrow. East of Point Barrow the coast is fairly clear in summer. This area was mapped...
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    and aviator Wiley Post, both of whom died about 9 mi (14 km) away at Point Barrow in a 1935 airplane crash. Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport has...
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    California. On August 15, they left Fairbanks for Point Barrow. About 20 miles southwest of Point Barrow, having difficulty figuring their position due to...
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    seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Chukchi Sea being on the western side of Point Barrow, and the Beaufort Sea on the eastern. With the exception of the highway...
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    the west by the Long Strait, off Wrangel Island, and in the east by Point Barrow, Alaska, beyond which lies the Beaufort Sea. The Bering Strait forms...
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    Barrow High School is a public high school in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska, United States, operated by the North Slope Borough School District....
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    were killed when Post's aircraft crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in the Territory of Alaska. Post's Lockheed Vega aircraft, the Winnie...
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  • Overland Relief Expedition, also called the Alaska Relief Expedition or Point Barrow-Overland Relief Expedition, was an expedition in the winter of 1897–1898...
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    Point Barrow Build field camp runways at Umiat and Bettles On July 19 the USS Spica headed north with the S.S. Jonathan Harrington for Point Barrow and...
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    Tumulus (redirect from Barrow (archaeology))
    Bank barrow Bell barrow Bowl barrow D-shaped barrow – round barrow with a purposely flat edge at one side often defined by stone slabs. Disc barrow Fancy...
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    vicinity of Point Barrow where they had been at the start of August. On 3 October the anxiety of crew and staff increased when, with Point Barrow just 5 miles...
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