Kitagnaq

At the eastern end of St Lawrence Island, the Punuk Islands lie in the Bering Sea between Alaska and Siberia. Archaeological remains on the islands preserve traces of the region's long occupation, and Kialegak and the Punuk Islands were among the island's centres of population at the time of early outside contact. In 1778 James Cook sighted the eastern part of St Lawrence Island and took it for a separate island.