Pauloff Harbor Seaplane Base
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Pauloff Harbor is a incorporated community
with no year-round population, located on Pavlov Harbor on the northern coast of Sanak Island, 50 miles (80.5 km) southeast of False Pass
, in the Aleutians East Borough
of the U.S. state
of Alaska
. The primary means of transportation is boats and float planes from False Pass or King Cove
.
While a post office was established there in 1949, the village now has no permanent population or public facilities, although a village corporation continues to exist, operated out of a post office box in Sand Point
, where most of the corporation shareholders now live.
base located in Pauloff Harbor.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
with no year-round population, located on Pavlov Harbor on the northern coast of Sanak Island, 50 miles (80.5 km) southeast of False Pass
False Pass, Alaska
False Pass is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. Isanax̂ is the Aleut name for present day Isanotski Strait and means gap, hole, rent, or tear in the Aleut language which was rendered as Isanotski in transliterated Russian...
, in the Aleutians East Borough
Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
- See also :*List of airports in the Aleutians East Borough*National Register of Historic Places listings in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska-External links:*-References:...
of the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. The primary means of transportation is boats and float planes from False Pass or King Cove
King Cove, Alaska
King Cove is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 792.-Geography:...
.
While a post office was established there in 1949, the village now has no permanent population or public facilities, although a village corporation continues to exist, operated out of a post office box in Sand Point
Sand Point, Alaska
Sand Point, also known as Qagun Tayagungin, is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 952. In 2009, the population was 962. It is located on northwestern Popof Island, off the Alaska Peninsula...
, where most of the corporation shareholders now live.
Pauloff Harbor Seaplane Base
Pauloff Harbor Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplaneSeaplane
A seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibian aircraft...
base located in Pauloff Harbor.