Information About

Kiukpalik Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kiukpalik Island on The Map

Location

58 ° 36' 11.002" N,
153 ° 33' 33.001" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Port Lions

Elevation

128 ft (39.01 m)

Kiukpalik Island in Detail.

About

in Shelikof Strait, off NE coast of Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, 13 mi. NE of Cape Chiniak, and 49 mi. S of Augustine I.; Aleutian Range

History

Eskimo name transliterrated by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1886 from Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who published the name as "O(strov) Kayukhpalik." the name as "Os(trov) Ukayukhpalyk" in 1847 on Chart 1378.

Places Near Kiukpalik Island
Archipelagos:

Shakun Islets,

Bays:

Swikshak Lagoon,

Glaciers:

Fourpeaked Glacier,

Islands:

Kiukpalik Island, Shakun Rock,

Mountains:

Fourpeaked Mountain,