Alaska Gazetteer
Kaviak (historical) is a populated place feature (populated place) in Nome (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Kaviak (historical) |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Populated Place |
| Class: | Populated Place |
| Description: | near head of Imuruk Basin, 25 mi. E of Teller, Seward Peninsula High. |
| History: | "Site of an Eskimo village. Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), 1842-44, wrote the name of the village as ""Kaviag-miut"" and said it meant ""Fox."" Members of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition spelled the name variously in the ""Esquimaux,"" their monthly newspaper published at Teller, 1866-67. In the 10th Census, in 1880, Petroff (1884, p. 11) listed a population of 200 Eskimo. The 11th Census, in 1890, (p. 130) included ""Kaviagmiut"" in the Port Clarence village. Subsequent censuses have not recorded this village." |
| Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 65.1500015259 |
| Longitude: | -165.5 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kaviak (historical): Kaviak (historical).
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