Kaviak, Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
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- Kaviak
- Unincorporated Populated Place
- near head of Imuruk Basin, 25 mi. E of Teller, Seward Peninsula High.
- Site of an Eskimo village. Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), 1842-44, wrote the name of the village as "Kaviag-miut" and said it meant "Fox." Members of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition spelled the name variously in the "Esquimaux," their monthly newspaper published at Teller, 1866-67. In the 10th Census, in 1880, Petroff (1884, p. 11) listed a population of 200 Eskimo. The 11th Census, in 1890, (p. 130) included "Kaviagmiut" in the Port Clarence village. Subsequent censuses have not recorded this village.
- 65.150000065° 09' 00.0"N-165.5000000165° 30' 00.0"W
- Davidsons Landing 9.2 mi. NE
- New Igloo 9.8 mi. E
- Marys Igloo 12.6 mi. E
- Igloo 12.7 mi. E
- (none listed within 15 mi.)
- 2 m
- 886837295
- Updated Apr 19, 2020