History of Ship Rock

Translation from the Russian "K(amen) Korabl" (Tebenkov, 1852, map 25, dated 1849). Captain Lutke (1836, p. 302), calls it "Tanghinakh," possibly from the Aleut word "tangidak," which, according to R. H. Geoghegan, means "islet or small island," a name which also applies to Pustoi Island. Although Ship Rock is surrounded by treacherous riptides and currents that make boat landings almost impossible, Hrdlicka (1945, p. 182, 323-329), Smithsonian Institution, excavated here in 1937. He found mummified remains of the "pre-Aleut * * *" which had not been disturbed and showed" no trace of white man's influence * * *."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Ship Rock

Tulik,

South Rock,

Boulder Bay, Camp Bay, Deer Bay, No Name Cove, North Pustoi Bay, Otter Bight, South Pustoi Bay, Station Bay,

Antler Point, Cape Idak, Cape Izigan, Cape Tanak, Deer Point, Otter Point, Paso Point, Pustoi Point, Ranchers Point, Serpent Point, Tiderip Point,

Umnak Pass,

Konets Head,

Black Rock, Emerald Island, Polivnoi Rock, Pustoi Island, Ship Rock,

Mount Idak, Lone Peak, Mount Tum Tum,

Magazine Ridge,

Tulik River,

Antler Creek, Camp Creek, Crater Creek, Idak Creek, Kadi Creek, Kansas Creek, Marsh Creek, Missouri Creek, Reindeer Creek, Spring Creek, Teal Creek, Thirty-three Creek, Unga Creek,

West Bogoslof Canyon,

Egorkovskoi,