Yanrakynnot

Yanrakynnot lies at the northern entrance to Senyavin Strait, where the Marich River reaches the sea. Across the water, Itygran Island bears a remarkable assemblage of whale jawbones, ribs and storage pits known as Whale Bone Alley. From the fourteenth century onward, this place formed part of the spiritual life of the sea-hunting peoples of the coast, whose communities depended on whales, walruses and seals.