North Slope

American  

noun

1. the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.

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Example Sentences

The pipeline, beginning in Alaska’s North Slope, will provide gas that could last for many decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The company, which went public in 1991, helped analyze data used to explore Alaska’s North Slope for oil.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025

"Some of these salmon are ending up on Alaska's North Slope too."

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

Nagruk Harcharek, president of Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat, a group whose members include leaders from across much of Alaska’s North Slope region, has been critical of the administration’s approach.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

In the distance loomed the massive wall of the Brooks Range, the massive mountains that rimmed the North Slope on the south.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George