Ayakulik River, Alaska, United States
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Ayakulik River is a stream located in Kodiak Island county Alaska in the United States of America. It is at 57.1988889 latitude and -154.5361111 longitude. Ayakulik River is at an elevation of 26 ft (85 m). The USGS map that contains this location is titled "Karluk A-2".
Description
heads in lake 11 mi. SSW of Karluk, flows S to Pacific Ocean 2 mi. SE of Ayakulik I., on W coast of Kodiak I. 28 miles long.
History
Aleut (?) name; published as "R(eka) Ayakulik" or "Ayakulik River," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Baker (1906, p. 110) wrote, among the local cannery men it is known as 'Red River' * * *." The name "R(eka) Krasnaya" meaning "Red River," was applied to a stream six miles NW of the mouth of the Ayakulik River, by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). See Red River.
Location Details
| Type of Place: | Stream |
| Latitude: | 57.1988889 |
| Longitude: | -154.5361111 |
| Elevation: | 26 ft / 85 m |
| County: | Kodiak Island |
| USGS Map Name: | Karluk A-2 |
