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Kookoolik Cape

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Location

63 ° 41' 40.999" N,
170 ° 21' 0" W

Region

Nome (CA)

Nearest City

Savoonga

Kookoolik Cape in Detail.

About

On the N coast of Saint Lawrence Island, N of Kookooligit Mountains, 4 mi. E of Savoonga, 9.6 mi NW of Singikpo Cape, it forms the E limit of Punellok Bay.

History

Eskimo name reported in 1932 by O. W. Geist, University of Alaska. Orth spelled the name "Kukuliak," as reported by informants at Savoonga in 1965. See Kookoolik.