Akutan Island

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Acute
NASA image of Mount Akutan
NASA image of Mount Akutan
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Aleutian Islands
Geographical location 54 ° 8 ′  N , 165 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 54 ° 8 ′  N , 165 ° 55 ′  W
Akutan Island (Alaska)
Akutan Island
length 31 km
width 24 km
surface 334 km²
Highest elevation Akutan Peak
1303  m
Residents 1027 (2010)
3.1 inhabitants / km²
main place Acute
Mount Akutan
Mount Akutan

Akutan Island is an island in the Fox Islands , a group of islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands , Alaska . The island is about 31 km long, up to 24 km wide and has a land area of ​​334.13 km². It is the fourth largest of the Fox Islands and the largest of the Krenitzin Islands , a subgroup of the Fox Islands . The island is inhabited by 713 people, all of whom live in Akutan on the east side of the island. To the southwest, Akutan Pass separates the island from Baby Islands , Unalga Island, and Unalaska Island ; in the northeast it separates Akun Strait from Akun . The western part of the island is dominated by the very active stratovolcano Mount Akutan , whose last major lava - eruption in 1979 took place. In Hot Springs Bay Valley there are hot springs and fumaroles .

PK Krenitsyn and MD Levaschow reported in 1768 that Akutan could be a name from the Aleutian language Unangan Tunuu and could be derived from the word "hakuta" which, according to RH Geoghegan, means "I made a mistake".

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