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