Wevok, Alaska | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated area |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Alaska |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Alaska |
Subdivision Type2: | Borough |
Subdivision Name2: | North Slope |
Leader Title: | Borough mayor |
Leader Name: | Harry K. Brower, Jr. |
Leader Title1: | State senator |
Leader Name1: | Donny Olson (D) |
Leader Title2: | State rep. |
Leader Name2: | John Lincoln (I) |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Alaska (AKST) |
Utc Offset: | -9 |
Timezone Dst: | AKDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -8 |
Elevation Ft: | 56 |
Coordinates: | 68.8719°N -166.0903°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Wevok (Iñupiaq: Uivvaq) is a former Iñupiat village in the western part of North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Its name is derived from the Iñupiat name of Cape Lisburne, which is 5km (03miles) to the west. Its maximum elevation is 17m (56feet).[1]
Wevok appeared once on the 1880 U.S. Census as "Cape Lisburne", an unincorporated Inuit village of 13 residents (all Inuit).[2] The village did not report again on the census.
Wevok has a weather station at nearby Cape Lisburne. Wevok's climate is tundra climate (Köppen Dfc), as the average temperature in the hottest month is only around . Due to the influence of the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea, the coldest months of the year are usually from February to March, and the warmest time of the year is from the end of July to the beginning of August.