Description
Nakolkavik (historical) is located on left bank of Kuskokwim River near its mouth, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History
Former Eskimo village, recorded as "Naghaikhlavigamute" in 1878 by E. W. Nelson, U.S. Signal Service, and on an 1880 map by Ivan Petroff, who also reported "Naghikhlavigamute" with a population of 193 in his text. In 1898 the spelling "Nacholchavigamut" was obtained from a Moravian missionary, J. H. Kilbuck, by J. E. Spurr and W. S. Post, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).