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Kinegnak

Kinegnak

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Bethel (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 23 ft (7.01 m)
About

population 20, 1 mi. N of Chagvan Bay at junction of Kinegnak River and Kookukluk Creek and 28 mi. NE of Cape Newenham; Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.

History of Kinegnak

this village may have been established by Eskimos from the old village called "Kinegnak" near Cape Newenham. in 1938 by Gerald FitzGerald, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); the name was published by Mertie (1940, pl. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).