Information About

Kiukpalik Island

Quick Facts

Region:

Kodiak Island

Nearest City:

Port Lions

Elevation:

128 ft (39.01 m)

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 of Kiukpalik Island

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.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Afognak C-5 (1951), Afognak C-5 (1951), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952),

Places Near Kiukpalik Island

Archipelagos:

Shakun Islets,

Bays:

Swikshak Lagoon,

Glaciers:

Fourpeaked Glacier,

Islands:

Kiukpalik Island, Shakun Rock,

Mountains:

Fourpeaked Mountain,