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Apoon Pass in Kusilvak (CA) Borough AK

Apoon Pass, Kusilvak (CA) Borough, Alaska

Apoon Pass is a physical feature (stream) in Kusilvak (CA) Borough.

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Feature Name:	Apoon Pass
Category:	Alaska physical, cultural and historic features
Feature Type:	Physical
Class:	Stream
Description:	water passage in Yukon Delta, flows NE 30 mi. from Kwikpak Pass to Pastol Bay, 41 mi. NE of Kwiguk; Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History:	"Eskimo name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 2), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""Prot(oka) Abkhun,"" or ""Abkhun Watercourse."" William Hamilton, U.S. Bureau of Education, ""The natives compared the delta of the Uykon with its mouths to a human hand and have given the name 'Aphoon' (thumb) to its northernmost channel"" (Baker, 1906, p. 103)."
Borough:	Kusilvak (CA) Borough
Latitude:	63.0416679382
Longitude:	-163.304992676

Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Apoon Pass: Apoon Pass.

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Kotlik, AK (7.9 miles W)

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Chaniliut, AK (2.7 miles W)
Pastolik, AK (3.1 miles S)

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