Information About

Kawanera

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kawanera on The Map

Location

56 ° 35' 49.999" N,
169 ° 29' 4.999" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Elevation

177 ft (53.95 m)

Kawanera in Detail.

About

projecting from shore line, at middle of Great East Rookery, on NE coast of Saint George I., in Pribilof Islands.

History

An Aleut name listed as "Ka'wa-nar'a" by Putnam (1903, p. 1015), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), meaning "'sea lions' bidarra or boat." Putnam says it is a "prominent high ledge projecting from shore line to about middle of East Rookery (Great Eastern Rookery), occupied by numerous sea lions."

Topo Maps

Pribilof Islands (1958), Saint George Island East (2001),
Places Near Kawanera
Areas:

Agis-chucka, Great East Rookery, Little East Rookery, North Rookery, Staraya Artil Rookery, Zapadni Rookery,

Bays:

Algan-uda, Dravnoi, Garden Cove, Zapadni Bay,

Beaches:

Kitasiilux̂ Sitxa, Qigduxtam Kadaa, Ustinam Sitxaa,

Capes:

Cascade Point, Itkidagula Point, Kragluchten Point, Qagaadan Kadaa, Sealion Neck, Takamgia Point, Tolstoi Point, Ularakartha Point, Yar-am-anatu-ulug,

Cliffs:

Agisogh, Anagchucknun-a, First Bluff, High Bluffs, Kamina, Red Bluffs, Stepanutcha Cliff, Umanangula Bluffs,

Hills:

Agisam Kuvruska, Agisam-koverushka, Gull Hill, Kawanera, Maynard Hill, North Sealion Hill, South Hill, South Sealion Hill, Ulakaia Hill,

Islands:

Aagyuuĝim Nuĝa, Saint George Island,

Lakes:

An-agchucknun-am-an-yi, Aniqdux̂siilum Anii, Anuckaselogh, Atka Lake, Bear Lake, Chuguĝiidam Anii, Govorushka Lake, Nuĝaadam Anii, Qagaadan Aniida, Seal Lake, Tanax̂taqan Anii, Tanogtukan Lake, Ulaqayagan Achidan Anii, Umanangula Lake, Upper Lake,

Ridges:

Holostiak-ralom-kiya,

Routes:

Chaangiqluux - Garden Cove Foot Path,

Valleys:

Holostiak-ralog, Ikoum-unga, Kodogh, Qakaan-kingagn Quduu,

Cities:

Saint George,