Alaska Gazetteer
Kwikluak Pass is a cultural feature (channel) in Kusilvak (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Kwikluak Pass |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Cultural |
| Class: | Channel |
| Description: | in Yukon Delta, heads at Head of Passes, flows NW and SW to Norton Sound 18 mi. SW of Kwiguk, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. |
| History: | "Eskimo name published in 1842-44, by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""Kvikhlyuak,"" with note in Russian ""Krivoy, Izvilistyy,"" meaning ""crooked, meandering."" Captain C. W. Raymond, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, referred to it as ""American Mouth"" in 1869." |
| Borough: | Kusilvak (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 62.7166671753 |
| Longitude: | -164.383331299 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kwikluak Pass: Kwikluak Pass.
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Emmonak, AK
(6.1 miles NW) Alakanuk, AK (7.6 miles WSW) |
Nunam Iqua, AK
(19.3 miles SW) |
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Lamont, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Akumsuk, AK (2.7 miles W) |
Kwiguk, AK
(4.7 miles NW) |
