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Mitliktavik

Mitliktavik

Quick Facts
Region:
  • North Slope
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 7 ft (2.13 m)
About

site of an Eskimo village, on Chukchi Sea coast, on Kasegaluk Lagoon, 21 mi. SW of Wainwright, Arctic Plain.

History of Mitliktavik

Eskimo name recorded as "Me-lik-tahk-vik" by Archdeacon Stuck (1920, p. 192). Orth was told at Wainwright in 1965 that this is a place where canoes are built. "Mitlik" means "adz", or "place where the adz is used."

Places Near Mitliktavik
Cities:

Kilimantavi, Mitliktavik,

Channels:

Pingorarok Pass,

Hills:

Pingorarok Hill,