Description
Savonoski (historical) is located site of Eskimo village, on Alaska Peninsula, near mouth of Savonoski River, at head of Iliuk Arm Naknek Lake, 21 mi. NW of Mount Katmai, Aleutian Range
History
Name reported in 1898 by J. E. Spurr and W. S. Post, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), who obtained it from Reverend A. Petelin. Spurr also reported it as "Ikkhagamut." Savonoski was abandoned after the Katmai area eruptions on June 2-6, 1912.