Kakhonak Bay
A historical populated place in Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
Located 1.5 mi. E of Lookout Mointain on N shore of Kakhonak Bay, 22 mi. SE of Lliamna, Aleutian Range.
GNIS historical note
Site of a former Eskimo village reported in 1951 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Recent U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maps indicate one building here.
Also recorded as
- Kokhanok Bay
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1404335. 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.
- Text U.S. Board on Geographic Names Geographic Names Post Phase I Board/Staff Revisions 2011-03-08 00:00:00 Board decisions referenced after Phase I data compilation or staff researched non-controversial names.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.