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Kookoolik

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท ALASKA

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

Location Record

Name
Kookoolik
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Alaska
County
Nome (CA) County
USGS Map
Saint Lawrence D-3 SW
Coordinates
63.6894444, -170.3491667
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GNIS Feature ID
1404946

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS description

Archaeological site in the central part of the N coast of Saint Lawrence Island, on Kookoolik Cape E of Savoonga.

GNIS historical note

This is an old Eskimo village site.

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1404946. 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 2000-01-01 00:00:00 Board decisions referenced after Phase I data compilation or staff researched non-controversial names.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

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