Information About

Koniuji Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 55' 49.001" N,
152 ° 50' 21.001" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Port Lions

Koniuji Island in Detail.

About

in Whale Passage, 18 mi. NW of Kodiak, Kodiak I.

History

Transliteration of the name "Os(trov) Konuzhiy" given in 1839 or 1840 by Murashev and published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425. Baker (1906 p. 378) wrote, "The name is a corruption of the Aleut name 'Kunuliuk,' meaning crested auk. Elliott spells it 'Canooskie'."

Places Near Koniuji Island
Bars:

Big Rock, Danger Reef, Deranof Rock, Ilkognak Rock, Shag Rocks, Skipwith Reefs, Thomas Rock, Village Reefs,

Bays:

Afognak Bay, Anton Larsen Bay, Back Bay, Back Bay, Barabara Cove, Dry Spruce Bay, Fox Bay, Kizhuyak Bay, Marka Bay, Selief Bay, Settler Cove, Sharatin Bay, Waskanareska Bay, Yukuk Bay,

Capes:

Afognak Point, Bare Point, Bird Point, Cape Kazakof, Chernof Point, Chiachi Point, Crag Point, Dirovati Point, Dolphin Point, Dovolno Point, Drying Point, Far Point, Gori Point, Graveyard Point, Head Point, Inner Point, Kekur Point, Last Point, Last Timber Point, Leto Point, Lipsett Point, Low Cape, Nachalni Point, Near Point, Nochlega Point, Occident Point, Opasni Point, Orient Point, Ostrovka Point, Otrubistoi Point, Peregrebni Point, Pestchani Point, Pokati Point, Posliedni Point, Rivermouth Point, Settlement Point, Shoal Point, Talnik Point, Three Pillar Point, Tiger Cape, Uzkosti Point, Yuzhni Point,

Channels:

Afognak Strait, Eastern Passage, The Narrows, The Slough, Whale Passage,

Cities:

Port Lions,

Dams:

Port Lions Dam, Port Wakefield Dam,

Islands:

Alexander Island, Arnkil Island, Deranof Island, Dot Island, Dry Spruce Island, Hog Island, Koniuji Island, Lamb Island, Larsen Island, Larsen Island, Little Raspberry Island, Nachalni Island, Treeless Island, Whale Island, Winter Island,

Lakes:

Afognak Lake,

Mountains:

Afognak Mountain, Elbow Mountain, Mount Ellison, Hatchery Peak, Katenai Hill, Litnik Mountain, Sharatin Mountain,

Rivers:

Afognak River, Red Cloud River,

Streams:

Elbow Creek, Hatchery Creek, Small Creek,

Cities:

Afognak, Aleneva, Aleut Village, Port Wakefield,