Alaska Gazetteer
Kwikpak (historical) is a populated place feature (populated place) in Kusilvak (CA) Borough.
Sorry, no local resorces for this location!
| Feature Name: | Kwikpak (historical) |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Populated Place |
| Class: | Populated Place |
| Description: | on N bank of Kwikpak Pass, 22 mi. N of Kwiguk, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. |
| History: | "Eskimo village, now abandoned, reported in 1879 by US@C&GS as ""Kwikpakamiut,"" meaning ""Kwikpak people."" ""Kwikpak"" is the Eskimo name for one of the major distributary channels of the Yukon River; it is a name often applied to the Yukon itself. This may be the same as the village of Kwikpuk reported in 1899 by US@C&GS at about 624000N1635500W." |
| Borough: | Kusilvak (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 63.0708351135 |
| Longitude: | -164.411117554 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kwikpak (historical): Kwikpak (historical).
NOTE: This map shows the HISTORICAL LOCATION of a feature that is no longer visible!
| Chulloonawick, AK (11.4 miles SE) |
