Korovinski
A historical populated place in Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
an abandoned village, on N shore of Korovin Bay, Atka I.; Aleutian Islands.
GNIS historical note
former Aleut village, called "Nikolskoi" by Captain F. P. Lutke, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); residents moved to a site of Nazan Bay, according to Baker (1906, p. 379).
Also recorded as
- Korovinsky
- Korovinsky Village
- Nikol'skoye
- Nikolskoi
- Nikolskoye
- Saguugam Tanadgusii
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1418815. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.
- Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.
- Text Bergsland, Knut, compiler Aleut Dictionary : Unangam Tunudgusii 2001-12-31 00:00:00 2nd
- Text Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Washington, DC: GPO, 1967. This work is an alphabetical list of the geographic names generally including feature descriptions and often name origin information that are now applied and have been applied to places and features in Alaska. GNIS Library.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.