Kivalina Alaska Map

About Kivalina, Alaska

Kivalina is a locality in Northwest Arctic, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 444. The population density is 105.1 people per km². Kivalina is located at 67.7269°N, 164.5333°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Nome) timezone. Kivalina is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99750.

Kivalina endures as a singular point of human persistence amidst a vast, subarctic expanse of tundra and low-slung brush. It lies 503.3 miles west-northwest of College, AK (from College, AK: bearing 301°T), and is situated 77.1 miles northwest of Kotzebue. The landscape surrounding Kivalina is defined by the steady, winding movement of the Wulik River, which flows only a mile from the settlement, carving a path through the earth toward the hidden depressions of the Kaglugrak Deep. Beyond the immediate terrain, the horizon is anchored by the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Kitiram Ipitanga Hills, while the quiet waters of Kikiktauralik Lake shimmer three miles away under the pale, shifting clarity of the northern sky. The air here holds a crisp, biting sharpness, carrying the scent of damp moss and cold stone across a flat, open country that stretches toward the Western Arctic Caribou Insect Relief Area of Critical Environmental Concern, located nine miles off.

Generations in Kivalina have built their lives upon a deep, ancestral familiarity with the seasonal migrations and the cyclical rhythms of the inland wilderness. The local economy remains tethered to the land, relying on the careful stewardship of natural resources and the traditional knowledge passed down through families who have long understood the demands of this interior climate. Life in Kivalina moves with a deliberate, measured pace, dictated more by the transition of light and the arrival of migratory herds than by the frantic ticking of a clock. Even in the quiet hours of a late afternoon, when the sun hangs low and casts long, violet shadows across the plains, there is a profound sense of resilience in the way the dwellings hold their ground against the immense, indifferent scale of the surrounding geography.

About This Kivalina Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kivalina, Alaska. Coordinates: 67.726944, -164.533333. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Kivalina includes the ZIP code (99750), telephone area code (907), county seat of Northwest Arctic, and school district assignment (Northwest Arctic Borough School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.