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Umnak; island, one of the principal islands of the eastern Aleutians. Native name. 



Cook, 1778, wrote Oomanak; Saner, 1790, has Oomnak; Coxe, taking the 



name from Krenitzin and Levashef, 1768, wrote Umyak. Has also been 



written Oumnak, Oumnakh, etc. 



TJmnak; pass, separating Umnak and Unalaska islands, eastern Aleutians. Native 



name, from the Russians. 

 TJmslialiuk; cape, the western head of Kashega bay, on north shore of Unalaska. 

 Native name, from Sarichef, 1792. On this cape, in 1792, was Sedanka 

 village. Tebenkof, in 1849, called the cape Sedanka and, in 1888, the Fish 

 Commission called it Hague. 

 Uinyak, island; see Umnak. 



TJnak; islet, south of Great Sitkin, Andreanof group, middle Aleutians. Aleut name, 

 from Tebenkof, 1849. It means ivound, sore. Has also been written 

 Jpunakh. 

 Viiak, river; see Unuk. 



TJnakak; Eskimo village, in the Yukon delta, near Hazen bay. Nelson, who visited 

 it in December, 1878, reports its name to l)e Oonakagamute, i. e., Unakak 

 people. Petrof, 1880, calls it Oonakagamute and reports its population 

 as 20. 

 TJnakwik; inlet, indenting the northern shore of Prince William sound. Appar- 

 ently a native name, reported by Glenn, in 1898, as Unaquig and by Aber- 

 crombie as Unaquick. 

 Unalaklik; Eskimo village, on the eastern shore of Norton sound, at mouth of 

 the Unalaklik river. Population in 1880, 100; in 1890, 175. Variously 

 written Oonalaklik, Ounalakleet, Unalachleet, etc. 

 TJnalaklik; river, of western Alaska, tributary to eastern end of Norton sound. 

 Eskimo name, variously written Oonalakleet, Ounalaklik, Unalaklik, etc. 

 Tebenkof, 1849,' has Unalaklit, and Russian Hydrographic chart 1455, 

 published in 1852, has Unalaklik or Tsetseka. The Western Union Tele- 

 graph Expedition map of 1867 has Unalachleet. 

 Unalnsfiku, bay; see Captains. 

 UnalasJika. The Fish Commission, in 1888, called the roadstead east of Amaknak 



island Unalashka harbor. 



Unalaska; island, the largest and most important island of the eastern Aleutians. 



Discovered by the Russians in or about 1760. The Rev. Father Veniam- 



inof, who lived here ten years, about 1820 to 1830, and spoke the Aleut 



L language, says the Aleuts called this island A'-u-an Alakska or Na'-u-an 



R " Alakska, i. e., this here Alakska. Cook, in 1778, wrote it Oonalashka, as 



■ also did Saner, 1790. Sarichef, 1790, wrote it Unalashka, while Lutke, 



^ 1828, has Ounalachka, a contraction of the true name Nagounalaska. 



Petrof says Agunalaksh, the Aleut name of Unalaska. 



TJnalaska; post-office, at Iliuliuk village, Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. Established 



in November, 1892. 

 Unalaska, town; see Iliuliuk. 



Unalga; island, in Akutan i^ass, between Akutan and Unalaska islands, eastern 



Aleutians. Native name, published in this form by Coxe, in 1780, who 



took it from Krenitzin and Levashef, 1768. Apparently this is Oonellaof 



m Cook in 1778. It is Oonalgi of Billings and Ounalga of Lutke. This 



I island and the adjacent rocks were reserved for light-house purposes by 



B Executive order dated January 4, 1901. The adjacent rocks, here called 



'} Gull rocks, were in that order called Sea Gull rocks. 



TJnalga; island, one of the westernmost of the Andreanof group, middle Aleutians. 



Aleut name, from the Russians. Russian Hydrographic chart 1400 of 1848 



calls it western Unalga. 



