Cross
Island (Map)
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Cross
Island
island, 300 yards long, Delarof Harbor, on SE coast
of Unga I. in Shumagin Is. Local name reported and published
by USGS in the 1950's.
This is looking toward the West, into Delarof Bay, it is blowing
a stiff Northwest breeze. This Island was a fortress
for
the
Aleut
people who inhabited Ounga. Some say the kodiak and Unga aleuts
had a squirmish here. the Unga Aleuts dropped boulders and
hot water on the Kodiak aleuts as they tried to assend the
steep sided Cross Island. "Uglamia" I think is the
Aleut word referring to the Cliffs for the outer harbor of
Unga. And I
heard the aleut word "Ugladen" I guess then will
refer to the inner harbor. 2003
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