Description
Chuginadak Island is located largest of Islands of Four Mountains; Aleutian Islands. 14 miles long.
History
Aleut name published by Capt. Tebenkov (1852, map 25), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). According to R.H. Geoghegan, the Aleut stem "chugi" means "to roast or fry." The island was called “O[strov] Khagamil” or Khagamil Island" by Lt. Sarichev (1826, map 3), IRN, and "O[strov] Kigamilyakh" or "Kigamilyakh Island" by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. (1847, Chart 1379). Some of the variant names come from the Aleut "tanam-anguna," meaning "the great land." According to R.H. Geoghegan, this name applies to "one of the islands of the Four Mountains, whence it is fabled the Aleut race sprang."