Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States

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census-designated place industrial settlement unincorporated community

Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States is a remote Arctic oil-producing area on Alaska’s North Slope, known for its vast petroleum fields and extreme polar environment.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field 2
Alaska North Slope oil fields 1
Prudhoe Bay 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place ⓘ
industrial settlement ⓘ
unincorporated community ⓘ
adjacentWaterBody Beaufort Sea ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
tundra climate ⓘ
connectedTo Trans-Alaska Pipeline System ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicSignificance important to United States domestic oil supply ⓘ
major contributor to Alaska’s oil output ⓘ
environmentType Arctic coastal plain ⓘ
permafrost region ⓘ
governingBody North Slope Borough ⓘ
surface form: North Slope Borough government
hasFeature extremely low winter temperatures ⓘ
long polar nights in winter ⓘ
midnight sun in summer ⓘ
hasIndustry oil and gas industry ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Deadhorse, Alaska ⓘ
hasPart Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prudhoe Bay Oil Field
hasWildlife Arctic foxes ⓘ
caribou ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
polar bears ⓘ
knownFor extreme Arctic climate ⓘ
large oil fields ⓘ
petroleum production ⓘ
remote industrial camps ⓘ
landCover Arctic tundra ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
North Slope Borough ⓘ
surface form: North Slope Borough, Alaska

northern Alaska ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle ⓘ
locatedOn Beaufort Sea ⓘ
Arctic coastal plain of Alaska ⓘ
surface form: North Slope of Alaska

coast of the Arctic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alaska North Slope oil fields
populationCharacteristic primarily transient workforce ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity natural gas production ⓘ
oil extraction ⓘ
region Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Arctic
roadAccessVia Dalton Highway ⓘ
servedBy Deadhorse Airport ⓘ
timeZone Alaska Time Zone ⓘ
transportInfrastructure industrial roads ⓘ
oil pipelines ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Slope Borough → contains → Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prudhoe Bay
North Slope Borough → contains → Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prudhoe Bay Oil Field
Pan-American Highway → hasNorthernTerminus → Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States ⓘ
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States → hasPart → Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prudhoe Bay Oil Field
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States → partOf → Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alaska North Slope oil fields
Pan-American Highway → startsIn → Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States ⓘ