Information About

Kwikluak Pass

Quick Facts

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Location

62 ° 43' 0.001" N,
164 ° 22' 59.999" W

Region

Wade Hampton (CA)

Nearest City

Emmonak

Tributaries

Yukon River,

Length

40 mi (64.37 km)

Kwikluak Pass in Detail.

About

in Yukon Delta, heads at Head of Passes, flows NW and SW to Norton Sound 18 mi. SW of Kwiguk, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History

Eskimo name published in 1842-44, by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Kvikhlyuak," with note in Russian "Krivoy, Izvilistyy," meaning "crooked, meandering." Captain C. W. Raymond, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, referred to it as "American Mouth" in 1869.

Topo Maps

Kwiguk (1952), Kwiguk (1952), Kwiguk (1952), Kwiguk (1952), Kwiguk (1952), Kwiguk (1952), Kwiguk (1952), Kwiguk (1952), Kwiguk C-5 (1952), Kwiguk C-5 (1952),
Places Near Kwikluak Pass
Cities:

Trogshak,

Areas:

Yukon Delta,

Bays:

Sunshine Bay,

Channels:

Kwikluak Pass,

Cities:

Emmonak,

Mountain Passes:

Akularak Pass, Kaoledoly Slough,

Rivers:

Akogpak Slough, Anuzukanuk Pass, Kwimlilthla Slough, Lamont Slough, Utakaht Slough,

Streams:

Iumkrarak Slough,

Cities:

Akulurak, Akumsuk, Kwiguk, Lamont, Tukukapak,