Kenai Peninsula Alutiiq Place Names, Page 2 Kenai Peninsula Alutiiq Place Names, Page 3
Port Graham and Nanwalek Area 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 |
Ninilchik and Anchor Point
Location Code |
Alutiiq Name |
Meaning |
English Name |
CI12 |
Kuigaa'aq |
"quite a river" SM |
Ninilchik |
CI13 |
Kuinerraq |
"young river" |
Anchor Point |