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Shuyak; island, north of Afognak, off mouth of Cook inlet. Native name, from 



the earliest Kus^sian explorers. It has had many spellings, Chouyak, 



Chuyak, Iluiak, Hniak, Schujek, Shooiack, etc. 

 Shuyak; strait, hetween Shuyak and Afognak islands. Native name, from early 



Rus.sian explorers. 

 Slrhtiuiak; strait; see Sitkinak. 

 Shfajikin, village; see Biorka. 

 Sl(h, island; .see Lewis. 

 Sidney; creek, tributary to Cripple river, from the south, near its mouth, Seward 



peninsula. Name from Barnard, 1900. Witherspoon, in 1899, called this 



S(.'aler creek. 

 SU'permo, cape; see North. 

 Sievcntoi, cape, etc. ; see North. 

 Sievernoi, island; see Raspberry. 

 Sievemoi, point; see Akun Head. 

 Sievernoi, strait; see Kupreanof. 

 Sigak; cape, the north point of Akutan island, eastern Aleutians. So called by 



Tebenkof, 1849. Called North Head by the Fish Commission, in 1888, 



and said to be locally so known. 

 Sigal; c^pe; see Sagak. 

 Sigdal; island, see Great Sitkin. 

 Siff'nutk; island; see Biorka. 

 Siginaka; group of islands, in the northernmost part of Sitka sound, Alexander 



archipelago. So called by the Russians. 

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



Named Siginaki by Vasilief in 1809. Has also been written Siginak. 

 Signal; island, on eastern side of Western channel into Sitka harbor, Sitka sound, 



Alexander archipelago. Named Maiachnoi (signal) by Vasilief in 1809, 



on whose chart is shown a maiak (light-house). Has also been called 



Lighthouse, Mayastetchnoi, and Signal Light island. 

 Signal; mountain, in western part of Revillagigedo island, Alexander archipelago. 



So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Signal, point; see Yellow. 

 Signals (The); pinnacle rocks (kekuri), near southern entrance to Akutan pass, 



eastern Aleutians. Called Kuka (Cook's) pillar by Tebenkof in 1849. The 



Fish Commission, in 1888, called them The Signals. 

 Sigoola, island; see Chugul. 

 Siguam, island; see Seguam. 

 Sigalidok, island; see Sitkalidak. 

 Sikarnoi, mountain; see Sugarloaf. 

 Silak; islet, in the strait between Little Tanaga and Kagalaska islands, Andreanof 



group, middle Aleutians. Name from Tebenkof, 1849. 

 Silk, bay; see Shelikof. 

 Sillokh, lake; see Skilak. 

 SilnaJio Techcnia, cape; see Tiderip. 

 Silok; creek, trilnitary to the Tanana, from the south, near longitude 148°. This 



stream was called Delta creek by Allen in 1885. To avoid confusion with 



Allen's Delta river, and because the exact locality of his 'Delta creek is not 



clear, this change has been introduced by the Geological Survey. Appar- 

 ently a native name, which has also been spelled Silokh. 

 Silver; bay, opening into Sitka sound, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. Locally 



so called from the occurrence of silver near it. It was called Serebrenikof 



arm or bay by the Russians. 



