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Akhiok

Akhiok

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kodiak Island
Elevation:
  • 33 ft (10.06 m)
About

on Akhiok Bay, W of Alitak Bay, at S end of Kodiak I.

History of Akhiok

Native name reported by Petroff in 1880 (10th Census, p. 30). This village may be the same as Oohaiack reported by Lisianski (1814, p. 169). The U.S. Post Office Department established the Alitak post office here in 1933 but discontinued it in 1945 (Ricks, 1965, p. 3).