Kwigillinok Coast

Kwigillingok lies on the low shore of Kuskokwim Bay, where streams, ponds and wetlands spread across the edge of the great delta. Its Yup'ik name is understood as “no river.” A local story tells how, when a girl lost a necklace in a lake, her father drained the lake to find it and the water formed a river. The coast faces the Bering Sea, and its flat ground is exposed to high water and storms.