Information About

Kalik Bluff

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kalik Bluff on The Map

Location

67 ° 52' 0.001" N,
163 ° 40' 59.999" W

Region

Northwest Arctic

Nearest City

Kivalina

Elevation

253 ft (77.11 m)

Kalik Bluff in Detail.

About

on left bank of Wulik River, 25 mi. NE of Kivalina, Arctic Slope.

History

Eskimo name meaning "thing being towed"; so called because from the river the bluff looks like the "stem of a huge barge." Name reported in 1966 by E. S. Burch.