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There are oilfields at Prudhoe Bay, 322 km/200 mi to the east-southeast. A US meteorological station (1881), a US naval research laboratory, and naval and air bases are all nearby. Originally an Inuit whaling village on a promontory overlooking the ocean, its earliest name was Utkiakvik (high place for viewing); it was named after John Barrow of the British Admiralty. Barrow and Point Barrow have long been jumping-off points for Arctic and North Pole aviation and exploration. A monument to the humorist Will Rogers and the bush pilot Wiley Post, who died here in a 1935 plane crash, is 21 km/13 mi to the south-southwest. Barrow has four entries on the National Register of Historic Places, including a rescue station.
Red recalls the struggle for independence. Blue stands for the Indian Ocean. Yellow expresses hope for a bright future. Green represents agriculture and vegetation. Effective date: 12 March 1968.
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