Alaska Gazetteer
Tolageak (historical) is a populated place feature (populated place) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Tolageak (historical) |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Populated Place |
| Class: | Populated Place |
| Description: | site of Eskimo village, on Ksaegaluk Lagoon, at S point of entrance to Utukok River, 24 mi. SW of Icy Cape, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "Smith and Mertie (1930, (p. 103), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), noted that ""there are a great number of abandoned sod huts and igloos that mark the site of what was once a native village of considerable size."" The name was reported in 1965 to Orth to mean ""landing place.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.0444412231 |
| Longitude: | -162.455276489 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Tolageak (historical): Tolageak (historical).
NOTE: This map shows the HISTORICAL LOCATION of a feature that is no longer visible!
