Agattu Island
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Near Islands | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 28 ′ N , 173 ° 35 ′ E | |
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| length | 29 km | |
| width | 14 km | |
| surface | 221.539 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 632 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
| main place | Ugashik (historical) | |
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Agattu is a 29 km long and 14 km wide island in the Near Islands in the far west of the Aleutian Islands . With a land area of 221.593 km², Agattu is one of the largest uninhabited islands in the Aleutian Islands and, after Attu , the second largest island in the Near Islands.
The mountainous, treeless island of volcanic origin, the highest point of which is 632 m above sea level, is home to 7 large seabird colonies, whose population is estimated at 66,000 birds. Approximately 1% of the global population of red-faced cochlea and yellow-cupped fish nest on the island. Other residents are Bering sandpipers , Odin's chickens , gray-headed snowfinches and snow bunting . The Aleutian dwarf Canada geese were reintroduced to the island in the 1970s following the elimination of foxes introduced by Russian and American fur traders. The extinction of the foxes also made it possible to reintroduce Evermann's rock ptarmigan. In 2006 there were at least 25 breeding pairs of the ptarmigan on the island again.
Map of the West Aleutian Islands
2 - Agattu Island
Topographic map sheet
Nautical chart of Agattu
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 6, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Agattu Island: Block 1149, Census Tract 1, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau
- Attu Island's Rock Ptarmigan ( Memento from February 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Aerial photo ( Memento from December 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive )