Point Barrow

Point Barrow Nuvuk (Inupiaq)
Northernmost point of the United States
Point Barrow Location within the state of Alaska
Coordinates: 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W / 71.38889°N 156.47917°W / 71.38889; -156.47917
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 / 71.38889; -156.47917 (Point Barrow), 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.)