Golovin

Golovin is a town in Alaska of about 150 people. It is situated on a narrow point separating the Golovnin Lagoon and Golovnin Bay.
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  • Type: Village with 175 residents
  • Description: city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
  • Also known as: “Chenik”, “Chenik Mission”, “Chennik”, “Chillimiut”, “Chingmyut”, “Chinick”, “Chinig-myut”, “Dexter”, “Dexter’s Store”, “Golofnin”, “Golovin, Alaska”, “Golovnin”, “Ikaligvigmiut”, “Ikaligwigmiut”, “Ikalikhvig-myut”, “Seleniye Ikalikhvig-myut”, “Sinik”, and “Tchinimuth”
  • Historically known as: “Cheenik” and “Chinik”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Golovin Airport.

Aerodrome
is a state-owned public-use located in Golovin, a city in the of the U.S. state of . As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,753 passenger boardings in calendar year 2010, an increase of 8.4% from the 1,617 enplanements in 2009.

Golovin

Latitude
64.5438° or 64° 32′ 38″ north
Longitude
-163.0298° or 163° 1′ 47″ west
Population
175
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
IATA airport code
GLV
United Nations Location Code
US GLV
Open location code
92PRGXVC+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150918371
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5863074
Wiki­data ID
Q79379
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Mari—“Golovin” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Golovin, Alaska”
  • Albanian: “Golovin”
  • Arabic: “غولوفان (ألاسكا)”
  • Arabic: “غولوفان”
  • Basque: “Cingik”
  • Basque: “Golovin”
  • Basque: “Siŋik”
  • Catalan: “Golovin”
  • Cebuano: “Golovin”
  • Central Kurdish: “گۆڵۆڤین، ئالاسکا”
  • Chechen: “Головин”
  • Chinese: “Golovin”
  • Chinese: “戈洛文”
  • Czech: “Golovin”
  • Danish: “Golovin”
  • Dutch: “Golovin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جولوفان”
  • Finnish: “Golovin”
  • French: “Golovin”
  • German: “Golovin”
  • Gilaki: “گلووین”
  • Haitian: “Golovin”
  • Irish: “Golovin”
  • Italian: “Golovin”
  • Ladin: “Golovin”
  • Malagasy: “Golovin, Alaska”
  • Malagasy: “Golovin”
  • Malayalam: “ഗൊലോവിൻ, അലാസ്ക”
  • Malayalam: “ഗൊലോവിൻ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Golovin”
  • Newari: “गोलोभिन (अलास्का)”
  • Newari: “गोलोभिन, अलास्का”
  • Newari: “गोलोभिन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Golovin”
  • Norwegian: “Golovin”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Golovin”
  • Persian: “گولووین، آلاسکا”
  • Persian: “گولووین، الاسکا”
  • Persian: “گولووین”
  • Polish: “Golovin”
  • Portuguese: “Golovin”
  • Russian: “Головин”
  • Serbian: “Головин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Golovin, Alaska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Golovin”
  • Slovak: “Golovin”
  • Spanish: “Golovin”
  • Talysh: “Golovin”
  • Tatar: “Головин”
  • Turkish: “Golovin, Alaska”
  • Turkish: “Golovin”
  • Ukrainian: “Головін”
  • Urdu: “گولوون، الاسکا”
  • Uzbek: “Golovin”
  • Volapük: “Golovin”
  • Western Mari: “Головин”

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