Alaska Gazetteer
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 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Capaloa (historical): Capaloa (historical).
| Wevok, AK (16 miles NNE) |
