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Idaho; p^ak (:{,1W iVet hi^'li), on Woronkofski island, Alexanck-r archipelago. So 



nanu'd by Snow, in 1886, after the steamship Idaho. 

 Idak; cape, the northeasternniost point of Unniak island, eastern Aleutians. Native 

 name, from Kuritzien, 1849. Apparently it means outlet or exit. It is 



the northwestern head of Umnak strait. 

 Idaliuk; capt', on the northern shore of Umnak island, near its western end. Native 



name, from Kuritzien, 1849. 

 Idaliuk, cape; see Prominence. 

 Idalug; cape, on the northern shore of Amlia island, Andreanof uroup, middle 



Aleutians. Native name from Tebenkof, 1849. 

 Ideal; cove, in 3Iitkof island, near the northern! of Dry strait, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Descriptive name, given by Thomas in 1887. Nichols reports 



"excellent anchorage here for small vessels." 

 Idelfonso, point; see Ildefonso. 

 Iditi-non, village; see Ei-dan-noo. 

 Ides Neck; narrow isthmus, separating Schulze cove from Peril strait, P>arauof 



island, Alexander archipelago. So named by Coghlan in 1884. 

 Igagik, river; see Ugaguk. 

 Igak, bay; see Ugak. 

 Jgatakai, bay; see Ugak. 

 Jghiak, village; see P]yak. 

 Igiagmk, lake; see Becharof. 

 Igial:, cape; see Ugyak. 

 Igiak; Eskimo village of two huts, visited by Nelson in December, 1878. He reports 



its name to be Igragamiut (text, p. 665), and on the map Igiaganuite. 



Petrof, 1880, has Igiagagamute. 

 Ig-itkin; island, near Great Sitkin, Andreanof group, middle Aleutians. Aleut 



name, from the Eussians, written Igitkihn, Igitkilm, Igitkum, etc., and 



Egilka by Billings, 1790. 

 Igloo; creek, in western part of Seward peninsula, debouching near dxyv Woollcy. 



Name from Barnard, 1900. It is the Eskimo word for house. 

 Igloo; creek, tributary to Grantley harbor, from the north, Seward jjcninsnla. 



Eskimo name, meaning house, from Barnard, 1900. 

 Igloo; (-reek, tributary to American river, from the east, Seward peninsula. P^skimo 



name, meaning house, from Brooks, 1900. 

 Ignaliuk, island; See Little Diomede. 

 Jgnaticf, cape; see Mendenhall. 

 Ignaiio, island; see St. Ignace. 

 Ignok; Eskimo village, on the right bank of the Yukon, near Koserefski. Petrof, 



1880, calls it Ignokhatskamute and Ignokhatskomute. Raymond, 1 869, has 



Ingekasagnn. Both name and village have disappeared from recent maps. 

 Igognak, anchorage; see Eider. 

 Igognak, cape; see Kalekta. 

 Igragainixd, village; see Igiak. 

 Iguik; creek, and very small Eskimo village at its mouth, on eastern sliorc of 



Norton sound, jusjt north of the Unalaklik river. Native name, written 



on the Western Union Telegraph Expedition map, of 1867, Igouik; by 



Dall, Egowik, and by Petrof, Igowik. 

 Igushik; river, draining southward from Amanka lake to Nushagak bay. Eskimo 



name reported by Tebenkof, in 1849, as Iguzhak; by Petrof, 1880, as 



Igushek; by the Fish Commission, 1890, as Egashak; by the Coast Survey, 



1897, as Egashik, and by Spurr, in 1898, as Egoushik or Crooked. 

 Igvak; c^pe, the western point of entrance to Portage (Kanatak) bay, on the 



southern shore of Alaska 2>eninsula, west from Kodiak. Native name, 



from the Russians. Erroneously Iswak. 





