Idaliuk Bay is a small Aleut satellite or “spike” camp on the Bering Sea side of Umnak Island dating to 4,200 B.P. Approximately contemporary with lowest levels at the well-known Aleut village site of Chaluka, and with the upper levels at the mid-Holocene Aleut site of Sandy Beach Bay, use of lithic materials and stylistic preferences suggest closer affinity with Sandy Beach Bay base village. The position of the site in relation to habitats commonly exploited by Aleuts suggests that Idaliuk Bay was used briefly, perhaps on several occasions, possibly by males who were collecting migratory waterfowl and local sea mammals.
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