Pelican
Pelican is a small town in the northwestern part of Chichagof Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Pelican was founded in 1938 by fish buyer Charlie Raatikainen who established the town as a business venture to support his fish processing company.
- Type: Village with 98 residents
- Description: city in Alaska, United States
- Also known as: “K’udeis‘ X’e”, “K’udeis’x̱‘e”, “Pelican (Alaska)”, “Pelican City”, “Pelican, AK”, “Pelican, Alaska”, “پلیکان، الاسکا”, and “पेलिकन (अलास्का)”
- Postal code: 99832
Places of Interest
Highlights: Pelican Seaplane Base.
Pelican
- Categories: city in the United States, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Hoonah-Angoon, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
57.95721° or 57° 57′ 26″ north
Longitude
-136.22068° or 136° 13′ 14″ west
Population
98
Elevation
344 feet (105 metres)
IATA airport code
PEC
UN/LOCODE
US PEC
Open location code
9495XQ4H+VP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Volapük—“Pelican” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Pelican, Alaska”
- Albanian: “Pelican”
- Arabic: “بيليكان”
- Asturian: “Pelican”
- Basque: “Pelican”
- Catalan: “Pelican”
- Cebuano: “Pelican”
- Chechen: “Пеликан”
- Chinese: “佩利肯”
- Czech: “Pelican”
- Danish: “Pelican”
- Dutch: “Pelican”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيليكان”
- French: “Pelican”
- German: “Pelican”
- Gilaki: “پلیکن”
- Haitian: “Pelican”
- Irish: “Pelican”
- Italian: “Pelican”
- Japanese: “ペリカン”
- Ladin: “Pelican”
- Malagasy: “Pelican, Alaska”
- Malagasy: “Pelican”
- Malayalam: “പെലിക്കൻ, അലാസ്ക”
- Malayalam: “പെലിക്കൻ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pelican”
- Newari: “पेलिकन, अलास्का”
- Newari: “पेलिकन”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pelican”
- Norwegian: “Pelican”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pelican”
- Persian: “پلیکان، آلاسکا”
- Persian: “پلیکان”
- Polish: “Pelican”
- Portuguese: “Pelican”
- Russian: “Пеликан”
- Serbian: “Пеликан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pelican, Alaska”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pelican”
- Slovak: “Pelican”
- South Azerbaijani: “پلیکان، آلاسکا”
- South Azerbaijani: “پلیکان”
- Spanish: “Pelican”
- Tatar: “Пеликан”
- Ukrainian: “Пелікан”
- Urdu: “پیلیکن، الاسکا”
- Uzbek: “Pelican”
- Volapük: “Pelican”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sunnyside and Elfin Cove.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: El Nido Mine and Wedge Mountain.
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