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The Atigun Pass is a 1415 m high mountain pass in the Brooks Range between Endicott and Philip Smith Mountains. It is located in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, a few kilometers north of the border to the Yukon - Koyukuk Census Area.

As the only pass in the Brooks Range is the Atigun of a road, the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay on the Beaufort Sea, crossed. He is the highest pass in Alaska, which is held all year round.

The Atigun Pass is part of the North American continental divide that separates the catchment areas of the Pacific and the Arctic Ocean.

To the east of the pass begins the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, located west of the Gates -of-the - Arctic National Park.

  • Pass in the United States
  • Geography (Alaska)
  • Mountain pass
  • North Slope Borough
  • Brooks Range
Koyukuk River Sagavanirktok River Coldfoot, Alaska Deadhorse, Alaska North Slope Borough, Alaska Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
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