Klawock

Prince of Wales Island is in , and is one of the largest islands in the . Although it has several small communities, most of the island is part of the Tongass National Forest, which covers much of Southeastern Alaska.
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  • Village with 720 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 89 feet (27 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code KLW
  • …was formerly known as “Klawak”
  • Description: city in Alaska, United States
  • Postal code: 99925
  • Also known as
    “Chla-wak-kon”
    “Khlawak”
    “Kiawak”
    “Kilawak”
    “Klawak City”
    “Klawock, Alaska”
    “Klawok”
    “Klawook”
    “Kliavakhan”
    “Kliawak”
    “Klyavakkhan”
    “Lawaak”
    “Lawak”
    “Seleniye Klyakkhan”
    “Thlewhakh”
    “Tlevak”
    “Tlewak”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Klawock Airport.
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is a state-owned public-use … is situated 2 miles northeast of Klawock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Craig.
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Prince of Wales Island is in , and… is situated 6 miles south of Klawock.

Klawock

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Latitude
55.55238° or 55° 33′ 9″ north
Longitude
-133.09706° or 133° 5′ 49″ west
UN/LOCODE
US KLW
Open location code
9478HW23+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Volapük—“Klawock” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Klawock, Alaska”
  • Albanian: “Klawock”
  • Arabic: “كلاووك”
  • Basque: “Klawock”
  • Basque: “Lawáak”
  • Catalan: “Klawock”
  • Cebuano: “Klawock”
  • Central Kurdish: “کڵاوۆک، ئالاسکا”
  • Chamorro: “Klawock”
  • Chechen: “Клавок”
  • Chinese: “克拉瓦克”
  • Croatian: “Klawak”
  • Czech: “Klawock”
  • Danish: “Klawock”
  • Dutch: “Klawock”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كلاووك”
  • French: “Klawock”
  • German: “Klawock”
  • Gilaki: “کلاوک”
  • Haitian: “Klawock”
  • Irish: “Klawock”
  • Italian: “Klawock”
  • Japanese: “クラウォック(アラスカ)”
  • Japanese: “クラウォック(アラスカ州)”
  • Japanese: “クラウォック”
  • Ladin: “Klawock”
  • Malagasy: “Klawock, Alaska”
  • Malagasy: “Klawock”
  • Malayalam: “ക്ലാവോക്ക്, അലാസ്ക”
  • Malayalam: “ക്ലാവോക്ക്”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Klawock”
  • Newari: “क्लाउवोक, अलास्का”
  • Newari: “क्लाउवोक”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Klawock”
  • Norwegian: “Klawock”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Klawock”
  • Persian: “کلاووک، آلاسکا”
  • Persian: “کلاووک، الاسکا”
  • Persian: “کلاووک”
  • Polish: “Klawock”
  • Portuguese: “Klawock”
  • Russian: “Клавок”
  • Serbian: “Клејвок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Klawock, Alaska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Klawock”
  • Slovak: “Klawock”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کلاووک، آلاسکا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کلاووک”
  • Spanish: “Klawock”
  • Tatar: “Клавок”
  • Ukrainian: “Клавок”
  • Urdu: “کلاوک، الاسکا”
  • Uzbek: “Klawock”
  • Volapük: “Klawock”

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Notable Places Nearby

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