Information About

Mitliktavik

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Location

70 ° 25' 9.001" N,
160 ° 37' 45.001" W

Region

North Slope

Nearest City

Wainwright

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Mitliktavik in Detail.

About

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

History

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."

Topo Maps

Wainwright (1955), Wainwright (1955), Wainwright (1955), Wainwright (1955), Wainwright B-3 (1955), Wainwright B-3 NW (2014),

Places Near Mitliktavik

Cities:

Kilimantavi, Mitliktavik,

Channels:

Pingorarok Pass,

Hills:

Pingorarok Hill,