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Ugaiushak; island, ou the south shore of Alaska peninsula, north of the Semidis. 



Native name, from the Russians. Variously written Ugaiuscha, Ugaiu- 



Hchak, Ugajutchak, etc. 

 TJgak; bay. indi'uting tlie southeastern shore of Kodiak. Native name, from early 



Ru.«.<ian explorers. Igak is a Kodiak word, meaning evil spirit or denl. 



The Russians wrote it Igak and Ugak. It has been called Dgak, Igak, 



lagkskie, Igatskai, Ihack, Irak, Oohack, and Ugak. 

 Ug-ak: island, near entrance to Ugak bay, on southeast coast of Kodiak. Native 



name, reported by the Russians, who spelled it Igak, Ugak, etc. Ugak is 



said to be the local usage. 

 ■Ugak: islet, near Cape Chiniak,. in entrance to Chiniak bay, Kodiak. Langsdorf 



savs, in 1814 (voyage II, 56), that Cape Chiniak "is bounded to the north 



bv two .small islands, one of which, in the language of the country, is called 



Giniak, the other Ugak." 

 Ugalek; ))ay, indenting Biorka island, on south shore of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. 



Aleut name, from Sarichef, 1792. 

 XJgalgan; island, near the easternmost point of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. Native 



name; apparently Gagalgin of Krenitzin in 1768; Kigalgiu of Kudiakof, 



1791; Ugalgan or lachnoi (egg) of Sarichef, 1792. Veniaminof says its 



Aleut name is Ugalgan and that it was called in 1830 orieshik (hazel) or 



iachnie (egg). . It is Ugalohan or Jaitschoi (egg) of Langsdorf. This island 



was reserved for light-house purposes by Executive order dated January 4, 



1901. In that order it was called Egg island. 

 TTgamak; island, one of the Krenitzin group, eastern Aleutians. Native name, from 



Veniaminof. Also written Ugamok, Ugomok, and Ukamak. This island 



was reserved for light-house purposes by Executive order dated January 4, 



1901. In that order the name is written Ugamok. 

 TTgamak; strait, separating Ugamak and Tigalda islands, Krenitzin group, eastern 



Aleutians. Called Ugamakskie by Veniaminof about 1830. 

 Ugamok, island; see Chirikof. 

 TJganik: Ijay, indenting the northern shore of Kokiak. Petrof, 1880, wrote it 



Ooganok. 

 TJganik; cape, the eastern point of entrance to Uganik bay, on northern coast of 



Kodiak. Native name, from Tebenkof, 1849. 

 TJganik; island, on the northern shore of Kodiak. Native name, from Lisianski, 



1805, who spells it Oohanick. Tebenkof, 1849, has Uganik, which has 



usually been erroneously transliterated, Uganuk. 

 TJganik; native village, at head of Uganik bay. Shown by Lisianski, 1805, who 



spells it Oohanick. 

 Vr/ashik, lake; see Becharof. 

 TJgashik; native village, at mouth of the Ugashik river, Alaska peninsula. Reported 



by Petrof, in 1880, and by him written Oogashik. Has also been written 



Oogahik. 

 TJgashik; river, debouching on the northwestern shore of Alaska peninsula. 



Staniukovich, in the corvette Mailer, 1828, was the first to report the 



existence of this river, which in his journal is called Soulima. Lutke, 



however, called it, at the same time, bj' its native name, which in French 



he wrote Ougatchik. Thus the river has borne two names, each of them 



variously written Soulima, Sulima, Oogahik, Oogashik, Ugatschik, 



Ugazhak, etc. According to Grewingk there are two rivers. 

 TJgat; cape, the western point of entrance to Uganik bay, on the northwestern 



coast of Kodiak. Native name, from Tebenkof, 1849. 

 Uf/avigamiut, village; see Uknavik. 

 Ugazhak, river; see Ugashik. 



