Akhiok, Alaska

Kodiak Iceland Borough

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Akhiok is a municipality in Iceland Kodiak Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in the south of the island of Kodiak. The place had in 2013 an estimated population of 85 inhabitants.

Geography

Akhiok lies at the southern end of Kodiak Island in southwestern Alaska to the Akhiok Bay. The larger town of Kodiak is located about 129 km north-east and the largest city in Alaska, Anchorage is located 547 kilometers north-east.

Climate

Due to its location on the island of Kodiak Akhiok is dominated by a strongly maritime climate. Thus, it will be little frost formation in the winter and it often forms fog. Also, the temperature fluctuations thus remain very low, the temperatures are usually between -4 ° C and 12 ° C. The annual rainfall is moderate 889 mm.

History

The original settlement Kashukugniut was occupied in the early 19th century Russia. 1881, the residents have moved to the Alitak Bay. At the site of an earlier building, the new Russian Orthodox church was built around 1900, and In 1933 the site of a post office. After the devastating earthquake in 1964, the residents are of the nearby, now destroyed, relocated village Kaguyak after Akhiok.

Population

In Akhiok mainly live people from the indigenous people of the Alutiiq. At the last census in 2010 50.7 % of the residents gave the answer at race way American Indian and Alaska Native to. 8.5 % said White, 38 % considered themselves to be mixed