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Kau— Kan. 



Kanalku; bay, in Kootznahoo inlet, Admiralty island, AlexandiT aicliipelacro. 



Native name, given by the Coast Survey, in 1891, as Kanalkuo. 

 Kanata; river, the north fork of the Tiekel, northeast of Port Valdes, Prince 



William sound. Native name, from Eohn, 1898. 

 Kunatak, bay; see Portage. 

 Kanatak; cape, between Portage bay and Cold bay, on the northern shore of 



Shelikof strait. Aleut name, from the Russians, supposed to mean snom/. 



Has been written Kanalak and Kanatah. 

 KdiHtton, island; see Kanaga. 

 Kanaug-uk; river, near York, in western part of Seward peninsula. Native name, 



from Brooks, 1900, who wrote it Kanaugok. 

 Kane; islands, in the northern part of Neva strait, Alexander archipelago. Named, 



ajiparently by the Eussians, after Captain Kane, an American pioneer 



trader on this coast at the beginning of the 19th century. Have also 



been called Kan islets. 

 Kane; peak (3,292 feet high), on Lindenberg peninsula, Kupreanof island, Alex- 



I ander archipelago. Named by Thomas, in 1887, presumably after the 

 " arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane. 



Kanektok; river, just south of the Kuskokwim river and tributary to Kuskokwim 



bay. According to Spurr, who uses Kanektok, its Eskimo name is Kwina 



or Kanektok (snowy). 

 . KaiH'irok, district; see York. 

 Kang-a; bay, indenting the southeastern shore of Sitka sound, Bai-anof island, 



Alexander archipelago. Name applied by Dall in the Coast Pilot, 1883. 

 Kanga; islet, in the southeastern part of Sitka sound, Baranof island, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Vasilief in 1809. It is an Asiatic name of the 



Mongolian gun. 

 KniKjaiulo^ik, island; see Spectacle. 

 KangusuJc, river; see Kvinguk. 



I I Kanud, bay; see Alitak. 

 K(miek, river; see Buckland. 



Kaniek; small stream, tributary, from the west, to Kulukak bay, on north shore of 



I Bristol bay. Native name, from Tebenkof , 1849. 

 I Kanig-miut, village; see Kaguyak. 



Kanikluk; native village, on the northern shore of Prince William sound. Native 

 name, reported by Petrof, in 1880, as Kanikhluk. 



II Kanilink; island, one of the Shumagin group; which one is not discovered. Name 



from Veniaminof and Lutke, who write it Khainiliakh. 



Kuniugl, island; see Koniuji. 

 I Kunoozhki, island; see Koniuji. 

 •■ Knnoivock or York, mining district; see York. 



Kantukan; village of Hooniah Indians, Hooniah harbor. Port Frederick, Icy strait, 

 Alexander archipelago. Name from the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 191) , where 

 it is written Kan-tu-kan. The post-ofRce Hoonah has been established 

 liere recently. 



Kanuktik; creek, tributary to the Kanektok river, from the southeast, about 60 

 miles above the mouth of the Kanektok, western Alaska. Native name, 

 from Spurr and Post, of the Geological Survey, who passed its mouth Sep- 

 tember 4, 1898. 



Kanulik; Eskimo village, near the moutli of the Nusha^ak river, on left bank. 

 Native name, from Petrof, 1880. 



Kanuti; village, and also a river tributary to the Koyukuk, from the south, near 

 Arctic city. Native name, reported by Allen, in 1885, and by him written 

 KonootenA, i. e., Kanuti river. This is, apparently, Old Man river of the 

 prospectors. 



