City of Ouzinkie, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States

Overview of Ouzinkie

• Name:
  Ouzinkie
• Official Name:
  City of Ouzinkie
• Place Type:
  Incorporated City
• Located In:
  Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  On the W side of Spruce Island and on the N side of Narrow Strait, 10 mi NNW of Kodiak, Kodiak Island.
• History (GNIS):
  Transliteration by Baker (1906, p. 657), of "Uzenkiy," from "uzkiy," meaning "very narrow," derived from the Russian name given to Narrow Strait, upon which the village is located. The name was reported as "Oozinkie, where there are 15 creoles." Peteroff (1881, p. 29) published the name "Selen(iye) Rus(kiy) i Kreolovy," meaning "village of Russians and croles." The name meaning "starling village" was published by Captain Tebenkov, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) (1852, map 23).
• Surveys:
  Seward Meridian
  

  Range 19 West
  

  Townships: 26 South

  Range 20 West
  

  Townships: 26 South
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:57.923611157° 55' 25.0"N

  Longitude:-152.5022222152° 30' 08.0"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Kodiak 9.9 mi. S
  • Aleksashkina 11.3 mi. SE
  • Aleut Village 11.6 mi. NW
  • Afognak 11.8 mi. NW
  • Port Lions 14.5 mi. W
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  (none listed within 15 mi.)
• Population:
  206
• Elevation:
  13 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  909209865
• Updated Apr 19, 2020