Taku

Taku can refer to:

In places

• Taku, Saga, a city located in Saga prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Japan
• Taku, India, a town in India
• Taku Glacier, in Alaska near Juneau
• Taku River, in Alaska and British Columbia
• Taku Arm of Tagish Lake in British Columbia
• Taku, British Columbia, a locality on Tagish Lake
• Taku Forts, forts on the south bank of the Hai He, in Tanggu District, Tianjin municipality, in northeastern China
• Fort Taku, also known as Fort Durham and as Taku, a former fort of the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Taku River

In people

• The Taku people, an Alaska Native group, who are a kwaan or tribe of the Tlingit
• Taku Sugimoto, a Japanese guitarist
• Taku Takahashi, one half of the hip-hop duo M-Flo
• Taku, a nickname for Takuma Sato

In other uses

• Taku (whale), an Orca (killer whale) that once lived at SeaWorld
• The Fijian name for the Hawksbill turtle
• HMS Taku (N38), a British T class submarine
• M/V Taku, a vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System
• 9574 Taku, an asteroid
• 'Taku Winds' These winds occur an average of four times a year from October through April in Southeast Alaska. Hurricane force wind gusts (72 mph or greater) occur roughly once every two years during these Taku wind events. Taku winds produce strong wind shear and turbulence that can affect the operation of air transportation in the area. Taku winds can also cause dangerous marine weather conditions. The Taku River, just south of Juneau, was named after the cold t'aakh wind, which occasionally blows down from the mountains.

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