Alaska Gazetteer
Ayiklutu is a physical feature (cape) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Ayiklutu places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Ayiklutu |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | approx. 11 acres; on the S tip of Chilkat Peninsula, 11 mi. SE of Haines; Sec 21, T32S, R60E, Copper River Meridian |
| History: | "Ayiklutu is the traditional Tlingit name for the feature, meaning ""small point of a larger point."" From Dictionary of Alaska (Orth, 1967): Named ""Seduction Point"" by Capt. Vancouver (1798), RN, because of ""the designing nature of the Indians whom Joseph Whidbey encountered here, July 16, 1794."" It was called ""M(ys) Seduktion,"" Russian translation of the name ""Seduction,"" on Chart 1396 of the Russian Hydrographic Dept. in 1848. Captain M. D. Tebenkov, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), recorded it as ""M(ys) Soblazna,"" meaning ""Cape Seduction,"" in 1852. In 1867, George Davidson, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), called the point ""Seduction Tongue.""" |
| Borough: | Haines Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.0825004578 |
| Longitude: | -135.306396484 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ayiklutu: Ayiklutu.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Ayiklutu does not include property ownership information.
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Mud Bay, AK
(5.8 miles NNW) |
Haines, AK
(11.2 miles NNW) |
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Port Chilkoot, AK
(11.1 miles NNW) |
Tanani, AK
(13.8 miles NNW) |
