Kivalina

Kivalina is a city and in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, Kivalina had a population of 444. The island on which the village lies is threatened by rising sea levels and coastal erosion caused by climate change.
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  • Type: Village with 393 residents
  • Description: Alaska town facing tundra erosion
  • Also known as: “Kebuleek”, “Kebulik”, “Kevuleek”, “Kevulik”, “Kiv-a-lin-yah”, “Kivalina, Alaska”, “Kivalinagmiut”, “Kivalinagmouit”, “Kivalinak”, “Kivaliniq”, “Kivalinyah”, “Kivalliñiq”, “Kiveleena”, “Kivelow”, “Kivilenya”, “Kivoualinagmut”, “Kivualinagmut”, “Kivualinak”, and “Kuveleek”
  • Historically known as: “Kivalena”
  • Postal code: 99750

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kivalina Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a state-owned public-use located in Kivalina, a city in the of the U.S. state of . provides air transportation for residents and connects the community to regional hubs like and other parts of Alaska.

Kivalina

Latitude
67.72788° or 67° 43′ 40″ north
Longitude
-164.54072° or 164° 32′ 27″ west
Population
393
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
IATA airport code
KVL
United Nations Location Code
US KVL
Open location code
92VQPFH5+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150920009
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5866441
Wiki­data ID
Q80133
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Satellite Map

Discover Kivalina from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Kivalina” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيفالينا”
  • Basque: “Kivalina”
  • Basque: “Kivaliñiq”
  • Catalan: “Kivalina”
  • Cebuano: “Kivalina”
  • Central Kurdish: “کیڤالینا، ئالاسکا”
  • Chamorro: “Kivalina”
  • Chechen: “Кивалина”
  • Chinese: “Kivalina”
  • Chinese: “基瓦利纳”
  • Czech: “Kivalina”
  • Danish: “Kivalina”
  • Dutch: “Kivalina”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيفالينا”
  • French: “Kivalina”
  • German: “Kivalina”
  • Gilaki: “کیوالینا”
  • Haitian: “Kivalina”
  • Inupiaq: “Kivalliñiq”
  • Irish: “Kivalina”
  • Italian: “Kivalina”
  • Japanese: “キバリーナ”
  • Ladin: “Kivalina”
  • Malagasy: “Kivalina, Alaska”
  • Malagasy: “Kivalina”
  • Malayalam: “കിവാലിന, അലാസ്ക”
  • Malayalam: “കിവാലിന”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kivalina”
  • Newari: “किभालिना (अलास्का)”
  • Newari: “किभालिना, अलास्का”
  • Newari: “किभालिना”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kivalina”
  • Norwegian: “Kivalina”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kivalina”
  • Persian: “کیوالینا، آلاسکا”
  • Persian: “کیوالینا، الاسکا”
  • Persian: “کیوالینا”
  • Polish: “Kivalina”
  • Portuguese: “Kivalina”
  • Romanian: “Kivalina, Alaska”
  • Romanian: “Kivalina”
  • Russian: “Кивалина”
  • Scots: “Kivalina”
  • Serbian: “Кивалина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kivalina, Alaska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kivalina”
  • Slovak: “Kivalina”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کیوالینا، آلاسکا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کیوالینا”
  • Spanish: “Kivalina”
  • Swedish: “Kivalina”
  • Talysh: “Kivalina”
  • Tamil: “கிவலீனா”
  • Tatar: “Кивалина”
  • Turkish: “Kivalina, Alaska”
  • Turkish: “Kivalina”
  • Ukrainian: “Кивалина”
  • Urdu: “کیوالینا، الاسکا”
  • Uzbek: “Kivalina”
  • Volapük: “Kivalina”
  • Western Mari: “Кивалина”

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