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Kung-nk, river; see Buckland. | 



Kunikakagi; island (perhaps a lump of ice now melted), in the delta of the Alsek 



river, southeastern Alaska. So called by Tebenkof in 1849 (Chart VII). 



Apparently a native name. In the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 205, footnote), 



it is spelled Kunakagi and applied to a river. 

 Kunmik; cape, the northeastern point of entrance to Aniakchak bay, Alaska i)enin- | 



sula. Name published ])y the Coast Survey in 1899. j 



Kuntilluk, island; see Koniuji. 

 Kunui/u-tmion. One of the Shumagin islands, not identified, is called by Sarichef 



Kunujutanany (Phillips Voyages, VI, 15) and by Lutke Kunuyou- 



Tanany, i. e., Kunuyu-feigr. 

 Kitpolruia, peak; see Cupola. 

 Kupreanof; harbor, between Paul and Jacob islands, off the southern shore o* 



Alaska peninsula, northeast of the Shumagins. So named by Woron- 



kofski, in 1837. 

 Kupreanof; island, one of the principal islands of the Alexander archipelago. So 



named by the Russians, after Capt. Ivan Andreevich Kupreanof, who 



succeeded Wrangell, as governor of the Russian-American colonies, in 



1836. Variously spelled Kupreanoff, Kupreanov, Kupr^anow, etc. 

 Kupreanof; point, on the southern shore of Alaska peninsula, northeast of the 



Shumagins. Named Ivanof (John's) by Lutke, 1836, and afterwards 



Kupreanof by the Russians. Called Ivanoff, Ivanovsky, Kupreanoff, and 



St. John. 

 Kupreanof; strait, between Kodiak and Afognak islands. Named Karluk by 



Murashef, in 1839-40, Kupreanof by the Russian-American Company's 



officers, in 1849, Sievernoi (northern) by Tebenkof , in 1849, and variously | 



called North, Northern, and Kupreanof. 

 Kusawa; lake (elevation 2,700 feet), northwest of Chilkat pass, draining to lake j 



Laberge. Native name, written Kiissooa by Krause, in 1882, KussQa by 



the Coast Survey, in 1883, Kusawah by the Canadian Geological Surv^ 



in 1898. Has also been called Arkell. The above form, Kusawa, has 



been adopted by the Canadian Board on Geographic Names. 

 Knshti; island, one of the Siginaka group, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. So j 



named bv Vasilief in 1809. 



Kii^lntkrag-miut, village; see Alitak. 



Kusilvak; island, one of the outer islands of the Yukon delta. Native name. Hasi 



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 also been written Kusalvak. I 



Kusilvak; mountain (2,449 feet high), in the Yukon delta, about 35 miles westerly 

 from Andreafski. Apparently a native name, obtained by Dall, who, in 

 1870, published the form Kusilvak, as above. Earlier Russian charts call 

 it Ingieguk. Tebenkof calls it Ingun. 



Iviis/c't, island; see Kiska. 



Kuskok; Eskimo village, on the left bank of the lower Kuskokwim, near its mouth. 

 Native name, from Nelson, 1879, who wrote Kuskogamute, i. e., Kuskok 

 people. Has also been written Kuskohkagamiut, Kuskokvagamute, etc. 

 Population in 1880, 24; in 1890, 115. 



Kuskokwim; bay, at mouth of the Kuskokwim river, Bering sea. Native name, 

 from Ustiugof, who visited it in 1818. Variously written Kouskokviin, 

 Kuskoquim, etc. The word Kuskokwim, according to missionary J. H. 

 Kilbuck, is the genitive of Kuskokwik, the last syllable meaning river and 

 the rest of doubtful meaning. 



Kuskokwim; river, one of the large rivers of western Alaska, south of the Yukon. 

 Native name, apparently obtained by Ustiugof, in 1818, and published in 

 Sarichef s atlas, 1826. Variously spelled. 



