Ouzinkie Alaska Map

About Ouzinkie, Alaska

Ouzinkie is a locality in Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 109. The population density is 7.6 people per km². Ouzinkie is located at 57.9247°N, 152.4624°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. Ouzinkie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99644.

Ouzinkie holds a precarious, emerald grace where the dense, dark spruce forest meets the churning slate gray of the Pacific Ocean. It lies 245.1 miles south-southwest of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 203°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-northwest of Kodiak. Prokoda Island sits solitary in the nearby waters, a sentinel of stone and moss that guards the approach to the harbor, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Zaimka Ridge anchors the horizon in a cold, blue haze. The air here carries the sharp, salt-stung scent of kelp and cold depths, a reminder that the land is merely a narrow shelf carved between the heavy timber and the infinite, rhythmic pulse of the tide. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, the landscape opens into wilder, quiet expanses, including the protected reaches of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, where the silence is broken only by the cry of gulls or the sudden, heavy splash of a breaching seal.

Ouzinkie bears the weight of a long Alutiiq heritage, its identity forged through generations of subsistence living and the steady, seasonal harvest of the sea. The local economy remains tethered to the water, where the rhythms of commercial fishing dictate the rise and fall of activity, echoing the quiet persistence of those who settled these shores long before the modern era. While the interior remains untamed, with the freshwater stillness of Seldevoe Lagoon lying just a few miles inland and the cold, rushing path of Virginia Creek cutting through the thickets further out, the life of the people centers on the harbor’s edge. Even in the height of summer, when the sun lingers long into the evening, there is a profound sense of isolation that keeps the spirit watchful; it is a place where the modern world feels distant, replaced by the essential, daily work of maintaining a life in the company of ravens and the vast, indifferent beauty of the northern coast.

About This Ouzinkie Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ouzinkie, Alaska. Coordinates: 57.92466, -152.462388. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Ouzinkie includes the ZIP code (99644), telephone area code (907), county seat of Kodiak Island, and school district assignment (Kodiak Island Borough School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.