Alaska Gazetteer
Iknetuk (historical) is a populated place feature (populated place) in Nome (CA) Borough.
Sorry, no local resorces for this location!
| Feature Name: | Iknetuk (historical) |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Populated Place |
| Class: | Populated Place |
| Description: | on W shore of Golovnin Bay, 6 mi. S of Golovin and 40 mi. ESE of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High. |
| History: | "Site of an Eskimo village; reported in 1842-44 as ""Knykhtakg-myut"" by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Ivan Petroffin the in 1880 10th Census recorded ""Ignituk"" with a population of 100. Baker (1906, p. 321), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), wrote ""Iknetuk.""" |
| Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 64.4666671753 |
| Longitude: | -163.066665649 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Iknetuk (historical): Iknetuk (historical).
NOTE: This map shows the HISTORICAL LOCATION of a feature that is no longer visible!
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Golovin, AK
(5.5 miles NNE) |
White Mountain, AK
(17.9 miles NW) |
| Walla Walla, AK (18.7 miles ENE) |
