Information About

Akhiok

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 56' 44.002" N,
154 ° 10' 13.001" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Elevation

33 ft (10.06 m)

Akhiok in Detail.

About

on Akhiok Bay, W of Alitak Bay, at S end of Kodiak I.

History

Native name reported by Petroff in 1880 (10th Census, p. 30). This village may be the same as Oohaiack reported by Lisianski (1814, p. 169). The U.S. Post Office Department established the Alitak post office here in 1933 but discontinued it in 1945 (Ricks, 1965, p. 3).