Capaloa (historical) is a populated place feature (populated place) in North Slope Borough.
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Feature Name: | Capaloa (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, at Kapaloak Creek, 0.5 mi. SE of Cape Dyer, Arctic Slope. |
History: | Eskimo name obtained by J. B. Driggs, Point Hope missionary, and reported in 1904 by Collier (1906, p. 44) who wrote "An abandoned native settlement here bears the name Capaloa***." See Cape Dyer and Kapaloak Creek. |
Borough: | North Slope Borough |
Latitude: | 68.6458358765 |
Longitude: | -166.220840454 |
GNIS ID: | 1893818 |
Wevok, AK (16 miles NNE) |