Information About

Kudiakof Islands

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 20' 30.001" N,
162 ° 52' 41.999" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

False Pass

Islands

Glen Island, Neumann Island, Operl Island,

Elevation

13 ft (3.96 m)

Kudiakof Islands in Detail.

About

including Glen, Operl, and Neumann Islands, forming the NW boundary of of Izembek and Moffet Lagoons, at SW end of Alaska Peninsula, Bristol Bay Low.

History

Named for a surveyor, Kudiakof, who was sent to the area by Lieutenant Sarichev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1791 (Baker, 1906, p. 384) and published by Lutke (1836, p. 291) as "Khoudiakoff." These islands were called "O(strova) Chimyduy" or "Chimyudy Islands" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). This Aleut name may possibly be derived from the words "cimguq" and "uddag" which, according to R. H. Geoghegan, mean "small saltwater fish" (common to this area) and "bay."

Topo Maps

Cold Bay (1943), Cold Bay (1943), Cold Bay (1943), Cold Bay (1943), Fort Randall (1943), Fort Randall (1943), Fort Randall (1943), Fort Randall (1949), Fort Randall (1950), Fort Randall (1950), Cold Bay B-3 (1963), Cold Bay B-3 (1963),

Places Near Kudiakof Islands

Archipelagos:

Kudiakof Islands,

Bays:

Applegate Cove, Izembek Lagoon, Izembek Slough, Norma Bay,

Capes:

Cape Glazenap, Grant Point,

Islands:

Birdsall Island, Cove Island, Glen Island, Operl Island, Round Island,

Lakes:

Blinn Lake, Blue Bill Lake, Lake Hess, Johnny Lake, Rescue Lake, Simeon Lake, Lake Trelford,

Mountains:

Mount Simeon,

Cities:

Cold Bay,