Wainwright
in North Slope Borough of Alaska, United States
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Wainwright Airport (1 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 70.637 and -160.038 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 70° 38' 12" and W -160° 2' 17"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:09 PM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: America/Anchorage
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 11:44 am and 3:05 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -46.876 and 37.859 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
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Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Wainwright
Wainwright in North Slope Borough (Alaska) with it's 580 citizens is a town in United States about 3,552 mi (or 5,716 km) north-west of Washington DC, the country's capital city.
Current time in Wainwright is now 07:09 PM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named America / Anchorage with an UTC offset of -9 hours. We know of 1 airports near Wainwright. The closest airport in United States is Wainwright Airport in a distance of 1 mi (or 2 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
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Wainwright, Alaska
Wainwright (WANE-rite), also known as Ulguniq or Kuuk, is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 556, making it the third largest city in the North Slope Borough. The community was named after Wainwright Lagoon, which in turn was named after Lt. John Wainwright, an officer under Capt. F.W. Beechey, who both discovered the lagoon in 1826. Wainwright was founded in 1904.
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Wainwright Inlet, Olgonik, Ulguniq, وينرايت, Wainwright, وینرایت، آلاسکا, AIN, Ulġuniq, Уейнрайт, वेनराइट, Уэйнрайт, Вејнрајт, 温赖特
