Kenai Peninsula Alutiiq Place Names

      

Kodiak  

Location Code Alutiiq Name Meaning English Name
K1         Qikertaq                       Kodiak Island     
K2 Sun'aq                    Kodiak City
K3 Sun'alleq                     Three Saints Bay
K4 Nuniaq                     Old Harbor
K5 Kangiyaq Kaguyak
K6 Kasukuak                     Akhiok
K7 Kal'ut                     Karluk
K8 Uyaqsaq                     Larsen Bay
K9 Masiqsirraq                     Port Lions
K10 Aggw'aneq                     Afognak
K12 Suyurat (Suyurrami)                     Shuyak Islands

Alaska Peninsula

Location Code Alutiiq Name Meaning English Name
AP1 Aluuwik                     Alaska Peninsula
AP2 Cirniq                     Chignik
AP3 Masrriq                     Port Heiden
AP4 Ugassaq                     Ugashik
AP5 Agisaq                     Pilot Point
AP6 Igya'iq Neck of lake Egegik
AP7 Nakniq                     Naknek
AP8 Curyuk Silty water Dillingham
AP9 Nanwarpak                     Illiamna Lake (Big Lake)
AP10 Kiatairmuit or Kiataiq                     People who live on the north side of Illiamna Lake

Cook Inlet Area

Location Code Alutiiq Name Meaning English Name
CI1 Suungaaciq                                                      Cook Inlet                       
CI6 Qitek "Head of Bay" Anchorage
CI7 Qeliraaniq (Kenai Athapascan - Qelghin) Kalgin Island
CI8 Llurwik "A place to come down" portaging from Seward thru Kenai Lake Kenai
CI9 Kalifornskim Qutii Kalifornski Beach
CI11 Canirngalraaq "point lying on its side Humpie Point
CI12 Kuigaa'aq "quite a river" SM Ninilchik
CI13 Kuinerraq "young river" Anchor Point
CI14a Napalek "point with trees" Sergus Moonin Bluff Point
CI14b Qutqiiq (has to with beach)Joe Tanape
CI17 Kasaakallret "Old Russians" Stone steps on north side of Kachemak Bay
CI19 Tati'xaq (DeL)= Tatqaq
CI20 Cikuurluum Tangirnaa "glacier spit" Glacier Spit
CI21 Kraataneq or Krataneg "hollow"     south side toward back of Kachemak Bay        

Seldovia Area

Location Code Alutiiq Name Meaning English Name
A2a Kraakiquq                     China Poot Spit
A3 Anisiim Quiertaawaa "Anisiim Island"                    Cohen Island
A15 Llalliinuuq Tasitnuuq                     Sadie Cove, Tutka Bay
A7

Ciinslaatnuuq Kenai
Athabascan name: Chinshlatnu

"raven creek" Jakalof Creek
A9 Yaakukuum Nunii "Jakalof's Land" Jakalof
A11 Alapam Nasqua (JT) "Negro's Head" Nubble Point
  

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