Information About

Cape Liakik

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Cape Liakik on The Map

Location

57 ° 6' 55.001" N,
153 ° 26' 53.999" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Akhiok

Elevation

92 ft (28.04 m)

Cape Liakik in Detail.

About

between Three Saints Bay and Sitkalidak Strait, on SE coast of Kodiak I.

History

Transliteration of "M(ys) Lyakhik," published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 23). Possibly derived from the Aleut word "lakh," which, according to R. H. Geoghegan, means "black=footed tundra goose," and which Father Veniaminov (1846, p. 47) published as "Lyakh."