Sedanka
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
on Sedanka Point, at mouth of Kismaliuk Bay, on SW coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands.
GNIS historical note
Former Aleut village reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14, dated 1792) as "S(elenie) Sedanka" i.e. "Sedanka Village."
Also recorded as
- Seleniye Sedanka
- Umsalux
- Umshalok
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1896553. 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.
- 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.