 Noatak village lies near the western boundary of the 6.6-million acre (270,000 km2) Noatak National Preserve and is the only settlement on the over- long Noatak River.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (5.40%) is water.Noatak first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated Inuit village of "Noatagamute."