Shaktoolik

Shaktoolik is a very small village along Norton Sound. This community has been moved twice because of encroaching seas, a result of global warming that has melted a lot of Arctic ice.
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  • Type: Village with 212 residents
  • Description: city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
  • Also known as: “Cagtulek”, “Chokatalik”, “Saktuliq”, “Shaklolik”, “Shaktolik”, “Shaktolit”, “Shaktoolik, Alaska”, “Tshakhtog-myut”, “Ttakhtog-myut”, “شاكتوليك (ألاسكا)”, “شاکتولیک، الاسکا”, and “शाक्तुलिक (अलास्का)”
  • Postal code: 99771

Places of Interest

Highlights: Shaktoolik Airport.

Aerodrome
is a state-owned public-use …

Shaktoolik

Latitude
64.3536° or 64° 21′ 13″ north
Longitude
-161.1929° or 161° 11′ 34″ west
Population
212
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
IATA airport code
SKK
UN/LOCODE
US SKK
Open location code
92PW9R34+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150919114
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5873815
Wiki­data ID
Q79397
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Mari—“Shaktoolik” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shaktoolik, Alaska”
  • Albanian: “Shaktoolik”
  • Arabic: “شاكتوليك”
  • Basque: “Shaktoolik”
  • Catalan: “Shaktoolik”
  • Cebuano: “Shaktoolik”
  • Central Kurdish: “شاکتۆلیک، ئالاسکا”
  • Chamorro: “Shaktoolik”
  • Chechen: “Шактулик”
  • Chinese: “沙克图利克”
  • Czech: “Shaktoolik”
  • Danish: “Shaktoolik”
  • Dutch: “Shaktoolik”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شاكتوليك”
  • Faroese: “Shaktoolik”
  • French: “Shaktoolik”
  • German: “Shaktoolik”
  • Gilaki: “شاکتولیک”
  • Haitian: “Shaktoolik”
  • Icelandic: “Shaktoolik”
  • Irish: “Shaktoolik”
  • Italian: “Shaktoolik”
  • Kalaallisut: “Shaktoolik”
  • Ladin: “Shaktoolik”
  • Malagasy: “Shaktoolik, Alaska”
  • Malagasy: “Shaktoolik”
  • Malayalam: “ഷാക്ടൂലിക്, അലാസ്ക”
  • Malayalam: “ഷാക്ടൂലിക്”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shaktoolik”
  • Newari: “शाक्तुलिक, अलास्का”
  • Newari: “शाक्तुलिक”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shaktoolik”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shaktoolik”
  • Norwegian: “Shaktoolik”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Shaktoolik”
  • Persian: “شاکتولیک، آلاسکا”
  • Persian: “شاکتولیک”
  • Polish: “Shaktoolik”
  • Portuguese: “Shaktoolik”
  • Russian: “Шактулик”
  • Serbian: “Шактулик”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shaktoolik, Alaska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shaktoolik”
  • Slovak: “Shaktoolik”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شاکتولیک، آلاسکا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شاکتولیک”
  • Spanish: “Shaktoolik”
  • Swedish: “Shaktoolik”
  • Talysh: “Šaktulik”
  • Talysh: “Şaktulik”
  • Tatar: “Шактулик”
  • Turkish: “Shaktoolik, Alaska”
  • Turkish: “Shaktoolik”
  • Ukrainian: “Шактулік”
  • Urdu: “شیک ٹولک، الاسکا”
  • Uzbek: “Shaktoolik”
  • Volapük: “Shaktoolik”
  • Western Mari: “Шактулик”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Old Shaktoolik and Shaktoolik Roadhouse.

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