Pingasagruk, North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States

Overview of Pingasagruk

• Name:
  Pingasagruk
• Place Type:
  Unincorporated Populated Place
• Located In:
  North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  site of an Eskimo village, on barrier bar between the Chukchi Sea and W end of Peard Bay, 27 mi. NE of Wainwright, Arctic Plain.
• History (GNIS):
  Pingasagruk was "a very large old settlement that has long been abandoned * * *. According to the natives, this place was called 'Pingashugaruk,' and * * * several hundred people had lived there * * *." (Smith and Mertie, 1930, p. 105).
• Surveys:
  Township 18 North, Range 28 West, Umiat Principal Meridian
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:70.880555670° 52' 50.0"N

  Longitude:-159.1013889159° 06' 05.0"W
• Nearby Cities:
  (none listed within 15 mi.)
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  (none listed within 15 mi.)
• Elevation:
  0 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  150507288
• Updated Apr 19, 2020