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Alakanuk (ah-LUCK-uh-nuck) (''Alarneq'' in Central Yup'ik) is a 2nd-class city in the Kusilvak Census Area of the Unorganized Borough in the western part of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 652. ==Location and Climate== Alakanuk is located at 62.688890° North, 164.61528° West (Sec. 14, T030N, R082W, Seward Meridian). Alakanuk is located in the Bethel Recording District. Alakanuk is located at the east entrance of Alakanuk Pass, the major southern channel of the Yukon River, from the Bering Sea. It is part of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. It lies southwest of Emmonak, approximately northwest of Bethel. It is the longest village on the lower Yukon - the development stretches over a area along the Pass. Approximately 25 homes along the bank are being threatened by erosion. The climate of Alakanuk is subarctic, averaging of snowfall and of total precipitation per year. Temperatures range from between . Heavy winds are frequent during the fall and winter. The Yukon River is used as an ice road during freeze-up, from November through May. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (21.14%) is water. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alakanuk, Alaska」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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