Information About

Chakchak

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Chakchak on The Map

Location

60 ° 43' 45.998" N,
164 ° 23' 57.001" W

Region

Bethel (CA)

Nearest City

Nightmute

Elevation

23 ft (7.01 m)

Chakchak in Detail.

About

on left bank of Chakchak Creek 5.5 mi. W of Baird Inlet and 88 mi. W of Bethel, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History

Eskimo name reported in 1949 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). The village is abandoned with "two or three graves the only sign of former habitation. It is sometimes used as a summer cmp." Reported to mean "mouth."