Eek

Eek (Iik in Central Alaskan Yup'ik) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 280. Eek is located at 60°13′7″N 162°1′33″W / 60.21861°N 162.02583°W / 60.21861; -162.02583 (60.218662, -162.025928). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0-square-mile (2.6 km), of which 0.9-square-mile (2.3 km) is land and 0.1-square-mile (0.26 km) (12.38%) is water. Eek is serviced by one airport, due west of the village, a second (former) airport located east of the village is the current site of a cellular transmission tower, the runway remains in marginally usable condition, however, and is occasionally used by private aircraft. A town dock provides access to...