THE KAKTOVIK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Arctic Coastal Plain setting.
Kaktovik city has 0.77 square miles of land in North Slope Borough. Its Census reference point is in Arctic Coastal Plain.
A gently rising Arctic coastal plain is dotted with thaw lakes and wet tundra. Treeless terrain and a strongly Arctic climate distinguish this northernmost landscape.
Regional context: Arctic Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Kaktovik and North Slope Borough
Kaktovik is associated with North Slope Borough in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Kaktovik by land and water
The Census records 0.27 square miles of water within Kaktovik, or 26% of its total area. It is 19.6 percentage points higher than the 6.4% recorded for North Slope Borough. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kaktovik city has 0.2% of the land area of nearby Prudhoe Bay CDP (390.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

