Carlisle Island
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Islands of Four Mountains ( Alëuten ) | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 53 '26 " N , 170 ° 3' 27" W | |
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| length | 6.5 km | |
| width | 6.5 km | |
| Highest elevation |
Mount Carlisle 1620 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
The uninhabited volcanic island Carlisle Iceland ( aleutian : Kigalĝa ) is one of the Islands of Four Mountains , a group of islands in the eastern part of the Aleutian Islands . Politically, it belongs to the US state of Alaska .
The circular island with a diameter of 6.5 kilometers is dominated by the 1620 meter high shield volcano Mount Carlisle . The island is separated from the southeastern Chuginadak Island by a three-kilometer-wide strait, the Carlisle Pass . Herbert Island is nine kilometers to the southwest .
Web links
- Carlisle Island in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Description and pictures of the Alaska Volcano Observatory
Individual evidence
- ^ Bergsland, K Aleut Dictionary Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center, 1994