Ami-Aa:n. 



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Agamsik; tapo, the iiortliorn point of entrance to Tanaga bay, Tanaga island, 

 niidilU' AU'iitiaiis. Aleut name, from Tebenkof, 1849. Has also Iteen 

 written Aganisikh. 



A_,'i!<fli(>i/orlt, islaiiil; sec Bogosluf. 



Agassiz; piacii-r, in the St. Klias alpine region. So named l)y Lili))ey, in lcS8(i, after 

 Prof. ]>onis Agassiz. See also ]\Ialaspina. 



Agassiz; mountain (2,241 feet liigli), near Tamgas harbor, Annette island, Alex- 

 ander arebipelago. So nanie<l by Niehols in 188.3. Has been erroneously 

 printed Aggassiz. 



Agassiz; peak (5,931 feet high), on the mainland, near Thomas bay, southeastern 

 Alaska. So named by Thomas in 1887. 



Agassiz; point, on the mainland in Frederick sound, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by Dall, in 1877, after Prof. Louis Agassiz. 



Agattu; island, one of the Near island group, near Attn, western Aleutians. Called 

 Agattu or Krugldi (round) by the early Russians. Lutke says it is usually 

 called Krugloi (round) by the Russians; also that Attu and Agattu are 

 said to have been called St. Etienne and St. Abraham by Bering in 1741, 

 Coxe, 1780, -writes it Agatakn. Variously written Agatu, Agattou, etc. 

 Native name. 



Agayak, islet; see Agaiak 



A-ga'-zhulc, island; see Aghiyuk. 



Affi'('-t'c-j)i(k, river; see Agiapuk. 



Aghik; islet (250 feet high), one of the Semidi group. Native name from Pall, in 

 1874, who wrote it A'ghik. Agik.is Aleut for liver. 



Aghileen; pinnacles, a remarkable row or series of black castellated ro'cks west of 

 Pavlof volcano, on Alaska peninsula, northeast of Belkofski. Native 

 name, obtained by Dall in 1880. 



Aghiyuk; island (1,500 feet high), one of the Semidi islands. Native name, as 

 obtained by Dall in 1874. Tebenkof, 1849, has Agayak. Has also been 

 written Aghiyukh and Aghi yukh. Achaiak of Langsdorf is probably 

 this island. It is the Aleut name of the cormorant (graculus bicristatus). 

 The Eskimo name of the violet -green cormorant is, according to Nelson, 

 A-gtV-zhuk. Apparently this is known locally as North Semidi, upon 

 which there is a fox farm. See also Chowiet. 



Agial; islet; see Agaiak. 



Agiapuk; river, tril)utary to Urantley harbor, from the north, Seward peninsula. 

 Eskimo name, from Beechey, 1827, who wrote' it Agee-ee-puk. Has also 

 been written Ageepuk and Agiopuk, the last syllable puk meaning big. 



Agiukchuk; Eskimo village, on the mainland, east of Nunivak island, Bering sea. 

 Visited by Nelson in December, 1878, and its native name reported by 

 him to be Agiukchugamute, i.e., Agiukchuk people. 



Agivavik; lOskimo village, on right bank of Nusbagak river. Native name, from 

 Petrof, 1880. 



Agligadak; small island, off the east end of Amlia, Andreanot group, middle 

 Aleutians. Native name from Tebenkof. It means a gull half a fathom 

 long, i. e., the (dlxdroxx. Has also been written Aglidakh. 



Agovloiilkatul; lake; see Alekuagik. 



Agouloitlpiik, lake; see Agulukpak. 



Agoin/ak; river; .see Ugaguk. 



Agre; creek, just south of Port Clarenci', Seward p(>ninsula. Name from Barnard, 

 1900. 



Agripina; bay, on the southern .«hore of Alaska peninsula near the Semidi islands. 

 So named by Vasilief in 1882. Has been variously written Agrepin, 

 Agrijiin, .\grippine, etc. 



Aguadn, Rio de la; see Wateniiii. 



