Holikachuk (Alaska)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Holikachuk (Alaska)
Other forms of name
Holikitsak (Alaska)
Holokochakat (Alaska)
Coordinates
-159.545 -159.545 62.9322 62.9322 (gooearth )
W1593103 W1593103 N0625435 N0625435 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 136070837
Wikidata: Q3906637
Library of congress: n 82167121
Sources of Information
  • Dict. of Alaska place names, 1967(Holikachuk, 62°54ʹ40ʺN, 159°31ʹ00ʺW; variants: Holikitsak, Holokochakat)
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 62°54ʹ35ʺN 159°31ʹ03ʺW)
  • BGN, Alaska geographic names, 1978(Holikachuk)
  • Dict. of Alaska place names, 1967(Holikachuk, 62p0s54ʹ40ʺN, 159p0s31ʹ00ʺW; variants: Holikitsak, Holokochakat)

Wikipedia description:

Holikachuk or Huligachagat (Xiyighelinghdi in Holikachuk language, Xiyeghelinghdi in Deg Xinag) is an abandoned village on the Innoko River in the U.S. state of Alaska. A post office operated here from 1941 to 1964. The residents of Holikachuk relocated to Grayling in 1962. The name of the village is also the source for the name of the Holikachuk Athabaskan language.

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