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Wainwright (/ˈweɪnraɪt/; Ulġuniq in Iñupiaq), also known as Ulguniq or Kuuk, is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 628, making it the third largest city in the North Slope Borough, up from 556 in 2010. The community was named after Wainwright Lagoon, which in turn was named after Lt. John Wainwright, an officer under Capt. F. W. Beechey, who were the first non-native people to travel to the lagoon in 1826. An unincorporated area known as Wainwright Inlet by 1890, Wainwright was founded as an incorporated municipality in 1904.

Wainwright city overview:
Name:	Wainwright city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Alaska
County:	North Slope Borough
Incorporated:	December 31, 1962
Elevation:	33 ft (10 m)
Total Area:	28.04 sq mi (72.61 km²)
Land Area:	10.31 sq mi (26.71 km²)
Water Area:	17.72 sq mi (45.90 km²)
Total Population:	628
Population Density:	60.89/sq mi (23.51/km²)
ZIP code:	99782
Area code:	907
FIPS code:	0282750
GNISfeature ID:	2418869

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Geography

Wainwright is located on the Chukchi Sea about 72 miles (116 km) southwest of Utqiaġvik.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 42.5 square miles (110 km), of which, 17.6 square miles (46 km) of it is land and 24.9 square miles (64 km) of it (58.63%) is water.

Wainwright has a dry-winter Arctic climate (Köppen ETw) with temperatures ranging from −56 to 80 °F (−49 to 27 °C). There is little precipitation, mostly snow; however, the dry winters make the annual snowfall totals more modest than they would otherwise be. The Chukchi Sea is unfrozen from early July to late September.