Kwikpak (historical) is a populated place feature (populated place) in Kusilvak (CA) Borough.
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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 [email protected]&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 [email protected]&GS at about 624000N1635500W. |
Borough: | Kusilvak (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 63.0708351135 |
Longitude: | -164.411117554 |
GNIS ID: | 1405137 |
Chulloonawick, AK (11.4 miles SE) |