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site of Eskimo village, on Ksaegaluk Lagoon, at S point of entrance to Utukok River, 24 mi. SW of Icy Cape, Arctic Plain.
HistorySmith and Mertie (1930, (p. 103), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), noted that "there are a great number of abandoned sod huts and igloos that mark the site of what was once a native village of considerable size." The name was reported in 1965 to Orth to mean "landing place."
