Alaska Gazetteer
Mitliktavik (historical) is a populated place feature (populated place) in North Slope Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Mitliktavik (historical) |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Populated Place |
| Class: | Populated Place |
| Description: | site of an Eskimo village, on Chukchi Sea coast, on Kasegaluk Lagoon, 21 mi. SW of Wainwright, Arctic Plain. |
| History: | "Eskimo name recorded as ""Me-lik-tahk-vik"" by Archdeacon Stuck (1920, p. 192). Orth was told at Wainwright in 1965 that this is a place where canoes are built. ""Mitlik"" means ""adz"", or ""place where the adz is used.""" |
| Borough: | North Slope Borough |
| Latitude: | 70.4191665649 |
| Longitude: | -160.629165649 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mitliktavik (historical): Mitliktavik (historical).
