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Kin— Ki8. 



King; mountain (about 1,300 feet high), in the Nome mining region, Seward penin- 

 sula. Local name, published in 1900. 



Kingegan; Et^kimo village, with population, in 1890, of 488, at or near Cape Prince 

 of Wales, Bering strait. Beechey, in 1827, .says: "The natives have a vil- 

 lage upon the lowland near the cape called Eidannoo, and another inland, 

 named King-a-ghe. ' ' Dali says : ' ' Known to natives as far south as Norton 

 sound and to local navigators as King-e-gan." It ha.s been written King- 

 a-ghee, Kingigamute, King-a-khi, etc. 



Kinghiak, village; see Suworof. 



Kings; cove, indenting the southern shore of Alaska peninsula, just west of Bel- 

 koi'ski. Named King's cove by the Fish Commission in 1888. 



Kings; creek, tributary to the Matanuska, from the north, about 30 miles above the 

 mouth of the Matanuska. So known locally. Presumably named after 

 Al. King, one of Alaska's pioneer prospectors. Name published in 1899. 



King Salmon; river, tributary to the Nushagak. Local name, obtained by Spurr 

 and Post, in 1898, from trader A. Mittendorf. 



Kings Cabin; home of Al. King, a prospector, at junction of Kings creek and Mata- 

 nuska river. 



Kingsmill; point, on the northwestern shore of Kuiu island, Chatham str£t, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Vancouver, in 1794, after Vice-Admiral 

 Kingsmill, R. N. 



King Solomon; creek, in the Fortymile mining district, tribuuary to O'Brien creek. 

 Local name, obtained by Barnard in 1898. 



Kiniaak, village; see Suworof. 



Kinik, arm, river, etc. ; see Knik. 



Kini kl i k ; . %dllage, on northern shore of Prince William sound. Native name, from 

 Schrader, 1900, who wrote it Kinicklick. 



Kinkaid; mountain, on the eastern shore of Sitka sound, Baranof island, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by the Coast Survey, presumably after C. A. 

 Kinkaid, who was one of the first council elected at Sitka, shortly after 

 the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States in 1867. It is the 

 mountain of four stone pyramids of Vasilief in 1809. 



Kinuiak, village; see Suworof. 



Kiougilakh, cape; see Kiugilak. 



K'qtnaiak, river; see Black. 



Kipniak; Eskimo village and Coast Survey tidal station, at mouth of the Black river, 

 in the Yukon delta. Nelson, 1879, reports its name to be Kipniaguk and 

 Dall writes it phonetically Kip-nai-iik. A late Coast Survey chart has 

 Kripniyukamiut. 



Kipniak, river; see Black. 



Kirbas; island, immediately south of Spruce island, of the Necker group, Sitka 

 sound, Alexander archipelago. So called by Vasihef in 1809. 



Kirilof; bay, indenting the northern shore of Amchitka island, Rat island group, 

 western Aleutians. So named by Ingenstrem in 1830. Has been written 

 Kirilovskaia, Kirloff, etc. 



Kirinskaia, creek; see Sawmill. 



Kirk; point, the northern point of Foggy bay, Revillagigedo channel, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. The point is almost an island 

 at high water and w^as in the Coast Pilot of 1883 called an island. 



Kirushkin; island, southwest of Japonski island, Sitka sound, Alexander archipel- 

 ago. Named Kiriushkin (smelt) by Vasilief in 1809. 



Kiri/arzark, river; see Kigezruk. 



KisJinak, cape; see Seal. 



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