Kiii-Kiil. 



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Kiiivild, pass; sco Kwemelnk. 



Kuiu; island, diu' of tlio largtMslands of tlie Alexander archipelago. Native name, 



obtained by the Russians. Has also been called Kou island. 

 KiiiiiL, river; see Koyukuk. 

 Kuiukta; bay, northeast of Mitrofania island, indenting the southern shore of 



Alaska peninsula. Native name, from the Russians. 

 Kujulik; bay, on the southern shore of Alaska peninsula, immediately east of 



Chignik bay. Native name, from the Russians. Pronounced Kee-zhu- 



lik. Has also been written Kaiulik, Koujalik, Kugulik, etc. 

 Kuka, rock; see Signals (The). 

 Kukak; liay, west of Afognak, on the northern shore of Shelikof strait. Native 



name, from early Russian explorers. Sometimes written Koukak. Langs- 



dorf, ISlo, wrote it as above, Kukak. 

 Kukak; Indian village, on Kukak bay. Lutke, 1835, has Koukak bay and village. 

 Kukistan; cape, on the eastern shore of Cook inlet. Called Dolgoi (long) or 



Kukis-Tan by Wosnesenski about 1840. Native name. The termination 



tan appears to mean point or cape. 

 Kiikkriu, harbor; see Portlock. 

 Kuklax; lake, near the water portage, between the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. 



Raymond, in 1869, reported its native name as Kuklaxlekuhta. I have 



follow-ed him part way and called it Kuklax. 

 Kukluktuk; Eskimo village, on the left bank of the Kuskokwim river, about 30 



miles below Kolmakof. Name from Petrof, 1880, who writes it Kokh- 



lokhtokhpagamute. 

 Kukpowruk; river, tributary to the Arctic ocean, between Cape Lisburne and Icy 



cape. Eskimo name, i^ublished, in 1890, as Kookpoowrook and Kook- 



powrook. Kuk in the dialect of the northwestern Eskimo means river. 



It is probable that Kukpaurungmiut of the Eleventh Census refers to 



some village or people near or on this river. 

 Kukpuk; river, tributary to Marryat inlet, near Point Hope, Arctic ocean. Eskimo 



name, published by the Coast Survey, in 1890, as Kookpuk (river big). 

 Kukuliak; native village, on the northern shore of St. Lawrence island, Bering sea. 



Native name, from Tebenkof, 1849. 

 Knkuyukvk. Raymond, 1869, gives this as the name of a small river tributary to the 



Yukon, from the south, about a dozen miles above the mouth of the Koyu- 

 kuk. Name not found elsewhere. 

 Kukmk, cape; see Douglas. 

 Kulak; point, the southern point of entrance to Tanaga bay, Tanaga island, middle 



Aleutians. Aleut name, from Tebenkof, 1849, who indicates the initial K 



as very hard. His spelling has been transliterated Kchulach, or, as it 



might be, Kkhulakh. 

 Kiilgink, island; see Kalgin. 

 Kuliak; cape, west of Afognak island, on northern shore of Shelikof strait. Native 



name, from the Russians, who write it Kuliak and Kuliakuiak. 

 KiiHcharak, river; see Kvichivak. 

 Kidiclikof, l)ay; see Snipe. 

 Kulichkof ; islet, east of Near island, in St. Paul harbor, Kodiak. Named Kulichkof 



(snipe) by the early Russians. 

 Kulichkof; islet, near the southern point of entrance to Kukak bay, Shelikof strait. 



Named Kulichkof (snipe) by Vasilief in 1831. 

 Kulichkof; rock, off Burunof cape, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Named 



Kulichkof (snipe) by Vasilief in 1809. Has been variously written Kou- 



litzkoff, Kulichek, Kulitch, etc. 



