Kenai Peninsula Alutiiq Place Names, Page 1 Kenai Peninsula Alutiiq Place Names, Page 2
Port Graham and Nanwalek Area Alutiiq Place Names
Windy Bay Area
| Location Code | Alutiiq Name | Meaning | English Name |
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D1 |
Qikertarlluaq |
"bad island" |
Elizabeth Island |
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D2 |
Nasquruaq |
"head-like (point)" |
Cape Elizabeth (same name as Naskowwak at Seldovia) |
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D3 |
Qukaqlliq |
"middle (island)" |
Perl Island |
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D4 |
Nagaayuut |
"rock islands" |
Nagahut Rocks |
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D5 |
Ulukaq |
"fish knife" |
East Chugach Island |
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D6 |
Kanuyaq |
"copper" |
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D7 |
Tamarwim Nuutqui |
"Tamarwik reefs" |
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D8 |
Tamarwim Qikertaawaa |
"Tamarwik Island" |
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D8 |
Tamarwik |
"getting lost place" |
"old village" |
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D9 |
Tamarwim Nanwaa |
"Tamarwik Lake" |
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D10 |
Cingia'at |
"row of points" |
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D11 |
Aqllatulia'aq (JT) |
"extended windy bay" |
Chugach Bay |
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D12 |
Wiinaq or Wiinlleg |
"sea lion" |
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D13 |
"bay' with Rock Island" |
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D14 |
Uuquciik |
"fox" (Kodiak dialect) |
(point?) |
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D15 |
Kicarwik |
"place to anchor" |
(beach?) |
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D16 |
Nunalleq |
"old village" |
exact location uncertain: founded by Apagkii and Saggaa (who?)
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D17 |
Cuqllirpaaq Kuik |
"first creek" |
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D18 |
Qukaqllia Kui'it |
"middle creek" |
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D19 |
Pingayuat Kui'it |
"third creek" |
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D20 |
Qesanarliq |
"lazy people (bay)" |
Windy Bay (including Rocky Bay?) |
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D21 |
Akatarwiaq |
"(island) made to look like lupine"
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D22 |
Qaigyartalek |
"(island) having killed a seal"
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D23 |
Pitruuskaa |
"Petrushka" |
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D24 |
Nunacungaq |
"small 'cute' village" |
where Antuun Meganack had land |
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D25 |
Urr'aq or Urrarneq |
"harbor" ? |
bight, beach |
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D26 |
Qurllurta |
"waterfall" |
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D27 |
Kangirtuliaraam Cingia |
"Kangirtulia'aq point" |
uncertain location |
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D28 |
Kangirtulia'aq (JT) |
"extended (bay) with a long head" |
Picnic Harbor (inlet inside Rocky Bay itself?)
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D29 |
Taglu or Tagluq |
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(island) |
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D30 |
Nuuya |
"hide" |
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D31 |
Kakilaguit (JT) |
"places to stab? or pincushions" ? |
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D32 |
Iqai'iwik (JT) |
"washing place" |
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D33 |
Talmillraaq |
"dilapidated--?" |
exact location is uncertain: JT says this is at the mouth of Qikutuu
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D34 |
Taugtaalek (SM) |
"(bay) having cockles"
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D34a |
Taugtaalek (JT) |
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(is this a different Taugtaalek?) |
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D35 |
Qikulek |
"muddy" |
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- East Nuka Area
| Location Code | Alutiiq Name | Meaning | English Name |
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E1 |
Kangiliq |
"(bay provided with head" |
West Arm of Port Dick |
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E1a |
Qukaqllrpaaq Kuik |
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E2 |
Clngiguurluq |
"poor point" |
"Gore Point" |
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E3 |
Tunuq |
"back" |
cove on the east side of Gore Point isthmus by the portage |
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E4 |
Tunum Nanwarnaa |
"Tunu lagoon" |
large lagoon north of Tunu |
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E5 |
Akulini |
"between" |
exact location uncertain: probably on the north shore going out of Tonsina Bay |
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E5a |
Akul |
"Tonsina Bay" |
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E6 |
Qikertaurluut |
"poor islands" |
Nuka Island (or islands on east side?) |
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E7 |
Ipegyarkaq Yaamaat |
"material for flint" "sharp pointed rocks" |
exact location uncertain: close to Yakik Bay according to SM and DA, possibly somewhere near Division Island |
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E8 |
Yaaliq |
"neighboring" (?) |
Yalik Bay |
Prince William Sound
| Location Code | Alutiiq Name | Meaning | English Name |
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PWS1 |
Caniqaq |
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Chenega |
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PWS2 |
Taatiillaaq |
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Tatitlek |
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PWS3 |
Nuuciq |
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Nutchek |
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PWS4 |
Etgalleq |
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Mummy Island |
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PWS5 |
Arwartiliq |
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Cordova |
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PWS6 |
Igya'aq |
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Eyak Lake |
Navigational Directions
| Alutiiq Name | English Name |
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Kiakeg |
North |
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Waakeg |
South |
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Ungalaq |
East |
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Ikakeq |
West |
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Waasaarnek or Kelugaayak |
Northeast |
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Kanakeg or Kanakelaayak |
Southwest |
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Kiakelaayak |
Northeast |
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Waakelaayak |
Southeast |