Unga Island (Alaska)
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Name (Latin)
Unga Island (Alaska)
Other forms of name
Ounga Island (Alaska)
Coordinates
-160.6833333 -160.6833333 55.26666667 55.26666667 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Islands Alaska
See Also From tracing place name
Shumagin Islands (Alaska)
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1851229
Library of congress:
sh 00002508
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Geological and geophysical setting of the gold-silver vein systems of Unga Island, southwestern Alaska, 1999:CD-ROM title screen (Unga Island, southwestern Alaska)
- GNIS, AK, Dec. 13, 1999(Unga Island; island; 55⁰15ʹ38ʺN, 160⁰41ʹ42ʺW)
- Lippincott(Unga Island, largest of Shumagin Isls., SW Alaska, off SW Alaska Peninsula)
- Rand McNally:on Alaska map (Unga I.)
- Web. geog.
Wikipedia description:
Unga Island (Uĝnaasaqax̂ in Aleut) is the largest of the Shumagin Islands off the Alaska Peninsula in southwestern Alaska, United States. The island has a land area of 170.73 sq mi (442.188 km2), making it the 36th largest island in the United States. As of the 2000 census, it had a permanent population of one. Unga Island was formerly named Grekodelarovskoe (Greek Delarov) for Greek explorer Evstratii Ivanovich Delarov Greek: (Ευστράτιος Ντελάρωφ) who explored the area in the late 18th century on behalf of the Russian-American Company. In 1968, Unga Island, was designated as a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service.
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