Kokechik Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Kusilvak (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Kokechik Bay |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Bay |
Description: | on coast of Bering Sea, 10 mi. N of Hooper Bay, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. |
History: | "Eskimo name, reported by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1949, meaning ""has wood"". It is sometimes called ""Kokechik Painga"" meaning ""the mouth of that which has wood."" R.H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), gave the name Igiak Bay, in 1919, presumably derived from the nearby village called ""Igiagamiut"" or ""Igiayarok.""" |
Borough: | Kusilvak (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 61.6877784729 |
Longitude: | -166.008895874 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kokechik Bay: Kokechik Bay.
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Hooper Bay, AK
(11.2 miles SSW) Scammon Bay, AK (17.6 miles NE) |
Chevak, AK
(17.8 miles SE) |