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Kwikluak Pass

Kwikluak Pass

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Wade Hampton (CA)
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 40 mi (64.37 km)
Tributaries:
About

in Yukon Delta, heads at Head of Passes, flows NW and SW to Norton Sound 18 mi. SW of Kwiguk, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History of Kwikluak Pass

Eskimo name published in 1842-44, by Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Kvikhlyuak," with note in Russian "Krivoy, Izvilistyy," meaning "crooked, meandering." Captain C. W. Raymond, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, referred to it as "American Mouth" in 1869.

Places Near Kwikluak Pass
Cities:

Trogshak,

Areas:

Yukon Delta,

Bays:

Sunshine Bay,

Channels:

Kwikluak Pass,

Cities:

Emmonak,

Locales:

Tuchiak,

Mountain Passes:

Akularak Pass, Kaoledoly Slough,

Rivers:

Akogpak Slough, Anuzukanuk Pass, Kwimlilthla Slough, Lamont Slough, Utakaht Slough,

Streams:

Iumkrarak Slough,

Cities:

Akulurak, Akumsuk, Kwiguk, Lamont, Tukukapak,