Arolik, Alaska

Arolik is a former Yup'ik settlement and ghost town in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States.

It was located at the North mouth of Arolik River adjacent to the shore of Kuskokwim Bay.

[2] It was first surveyed for the 1880 U.S. Census by Ivan Petroff and reported as "Agaligamute" (alternatively as "Aguliagamute").

In 1913, it was published as "Arolic" (Arolik) by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart T-3399.

A 1951 USGS topographical map of Arolik (Goodnews Bay quadrangle)[3] showed a cluster of buildings still extant.

Bethel Census Area map