Information About

Kuniguigan

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 2' 30.001" N,
159 ° 38' 10" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Chignik

Kuniguigan in Detail.

About

SW end of Big Koniuji I., in Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range

History

Shown as a separate island given the Russian-Aleut name "(strov) Kungiugan" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). The Russian-French form, "Kiganghyne Ile, "was used by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 267), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), for one of the Shumagin Is., not otherwise identified. "Kungiugan" is described as part of Big Koniuji Island in the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) 1947 Coast Pilot (p. 312).

Topo Maps

Stepovak Bay (1951), Stepovak Bay A-5 (1963), Stepovak Bay A-5 (1963), Stepovak Bay A-5 (1963), Stepovak Bay (1963), Stepovak Bay (1963), Stepovak Bay (1963),

Places Near Kuniguigan

Bays:

Fairweather Bay, Flying Eagle Harbor, Mist Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Shoal Bay, Yukon Harbor,

Capes:

Cape Thompson, Kuniguigan,

Channels:

East Nagai Strait, Koniuji Strait,

Islands:

Bendel Island, Big Koniuji Island, Hall Island, Murre Rocks, Peninsula Island, Spectacle Island, Turner Island,