Pelican

Pelican is a small town in the northwestern part of in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of . Pelican was founded in 1938 by fish buyer Charlie Raatikainen who established the town as a business venture to support his fish processing company.
  • Village with 98 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 340 feet (110 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code PEC
  • Description: city in Alaska, United States
  • Postal code: 99832
  • Also known as
    “K’udeis‘ X’e”
    “Pelican City”
    “Pelican, AK”
    “Pelican, Alaska”

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Latitude
57.95721° or 57° 57′ 26″ north
Longitude
-136.22068° or 136° 13′ 14″ west
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.
PelicanAlbanian
Pelican, AlaskaAlbanian
بيليكانArabic
PelicanAsturian
K’udeis’x̱‘eBasque
PelicanBasque
PelicanCatalan
PelicanCebuano
ПеликанChechen
佩利肯Chinese
PelicanCzech
PelicanDanish
PelicanDutch
بيليكانEgyptian Arabic
پلیکنGilaki
PelicanHaitian
PelicanIrish
PelicanItalian
ペリカンJapanese
PelicanLadin
PelicanMalagasy
Pelican, AlaskaMalagasy
പെലിക്കൻMalayalam
പെലിക്കൻ, അലാസ്കMalayalam
PelicanMin Nan Chinese
पेलिकनNewari
पेलिकन (अलास्का)Newari
PelicanNorwegian
PelicanNorwegian Bokmål
PelicanOccitan (post 1500)
پلیکانPersian
پلیکان، آلاسکاPersian
PelicanPolish
ПеликанRussian
ПеликанSerbian
PelicanSerbo-Croatian
Pelican, AlaskaSerbo-Croatian
PelicanSlovak
پلیکانSouth Azerbaijani
پلیکان، آلاسکاSouth Azerbaijani
ПеликанTatar
ПеліканUkrainian
پیلیکن، الاسکاUrdu
PelicanUzbek
PelicanVolapük
“The world is so empty if we think of it only as mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who is in harmony with us… makes this earth an inhabited garden.”

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