Alaska Gazetteer
Kavalghak Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Nome (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Kavalghak Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | On the W coast of Saint Lawrence Island, between Singik Point and Kaghoopalik Point, 10.5 mi S of Northwest Cape at the mouth of Kaaavalghak Creek, 8 mi. S of Gambell. |
| History: | "Eskimo name reported by Orth in 1965, from an informant at Gambell, to mean ""sleeping place."" The name is applied locally only to the coastal indentation east of Singik Point. The bay probably takes its name from a small village or camp once located here. The Gambell village council recommended the name for map usage in 1949." |
| Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 63.656665802 |
| Longitude: | -171.763885498 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kavalghak Bay: Kavalghak Bay.
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