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Tungulik

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Location

55 ° 0' 0" N,
160 ° 0' 0" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Chignik

Tungulik in Detail.

About

in Shumagin Is., Aleutian Ra

History

Aleut name published by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 267, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Toungovlik," and by Father I Veniaminov (1840, v. 1, p. 255) as "Tunulik" and "Tunulyak" (p. 266). According to R. H. Geoghegan, Father Veniaminov took the name from the Aleut "tunggaq" meaning "hard, solid, or firm." The exact location of this island is not known.

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