Information About

Savoonga

Quick Facts

Region:

Nome (CA)

About

On Savoonga Point in the central part of the N coast of Saint Lawrence Island, 39 mi. SE of Gambell.

History of Savoonga

This is a relatively new Eskimo village with a population of 139 in 1930; 209 in 1939; and 249 in 1950. A 1965 census shows a population of 397. The Savoonga post office was established in 1934.

Found on the following Topo Maps

St Lawrence (1948), St Lawrence (1948), St Lawrence (1948), St Lawrence (1948), St Lawrence (1948),

Places Near Savoonga

Cities:

Kookoolik,

Bars:

Kitleekot Rocks, Savoonga Reef,

Bays:

Kiveepuk Bay, Koomlangeelkuk Bay, Punelok Bay, Ughkooleekuk Cove,

Capes:

Eevwak Point, Kookoolik Cape, Koovukseluk Point, Savoonga Point,

Cities:

Savoonga,

Cliffs:

Lyeel-ghit Cliff, Pinaghat Cliff,

Glaciers:

Aneegulgit,

Hills:

Kookoolik Hill,

Islands:

Saint Lawrence Island,

Lakes:

Atuk Lake,

Mountains:

Atuk Mountain,

Mountain Ranges:

Kookooligit Mountains,

Rivers:

Kitnik River,

Streams:

Sawoonhak Creek, Sovwalk Creek,

Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

Least Auklet, Crested Auklet, Pigeon Guillemot, Snow Bunting, Thick-billed Murre, Parakeet Auklet, Tufted Puffin, Black-legged Kittiwake, Common Raven, Long-tailed Duck, Horned Puffin, Common Murre, Glaucous Gull, Lapland Longspur, Common Eider, Western Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Northern Pintail, Black Guillemot, Herring Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Pectoral Sandpiper, Snow Goose, Harlequin Duck, Rock Sandpiper, Northern Fulmar, Dunlin, Red-necked Phalarope, White Wagtail, Green-winged Teal, King Eider, Pomarine Jaeger, Northern Wheatear, Brambling, Emperor Goose, Baikal Teal, Greater Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, Sandhill Crane, Long-tailed Jaeger, Arctic Tern, Short-tailed Shearwater, Pacific Golden-Plover, Long-billed Dowitcher, Parasitic Jaeger, Sabine's Gull, Slaty-backed Gull, Red-throated Loon, Yellow-billed Loon, Arctic Warbler