Alaska Gazetteer
Ulakaia Hill is a physical feature (summit) in Aleutians West Borough. The primary coordinates for Ulakaia Hill places it within the 99591 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Ulakaia Hill |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | 2 mi. S of St. George, highest point on St. George I., in Pribilof Islands. |
| History: | "Aleut name shown as ""Ahlucheyak"" and ""Ahluckeyak"" by Elliott (1881, p. 18), meaning ""rough back-bone""; as ""Oolakaiya"" by Joseph Stanley-Brown in 1891; and as ""Ul'akiya'"" by Putnam (1903, p. 1016), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), meaning ""high house"" because ""the old native houses had rounded roofs similar to the shape o f this hill."" These three names appear to be different spellings of the same Aleut name." |
| Borough: | Aleutians West Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.5784873962 |
| Longitude: | -169.567459106 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ulakaia Hill: Ulakaia Hill.
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