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Igiak

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท ALASKA

A historical populated place in Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Igiak
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Alaska
County
Kusilvak (CA) County
USGS Map
Hooper Bay C-3 SE
Coordinates
61.6175000, -165.9336111
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GNIS Feature ID
1403702

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

5 mi. N of Hooper Bay, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

GNIS historical note

This name has appeared on maps, but it is doubted that a village of this name was located here. It is near an archaeological site called "Tellamishuk." The name may refer to a site 20 miles NE called "Igiayarok."

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1403702. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Text Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Washington, DC: GPO, 1967. This work is an alphabetical list of the geographic names generally including feature descriptions and often name origin information that are now applied and have been applied to places and features in Alaska. GNIS Library.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.