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Kongkok Bay

Kongkok Bay

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2.3 mi NW of Bunnell Cape, in the S part of the W coast of Saint Lawrence Island, 27 mi. S of Gambell.

History of Kongkok Bay

Eskimo name obtained from Lawrence Kulukhon (occasionally Kulukhan), of Gambell, in 1944. Orth spelled the name "Kangkak" while there in 1965 but could not obtain a meaning for it.