Great Sitkin Island
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Andreanof Islands , Aleutian Islands | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 3 ′ N , 176 ° 7 ′ W | |
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| length | 19 km | |
| width | 13 km | |
| surface | 245 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 1740 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Great Sitkin Island is a small island in the north of the Andreanof Islands , a group of islands in the southwest of the Aleutian Islands .
The uninhabited island, part of the US state of Alaska , has a land area of 245 km², is 19 km long and almost 13 km wide. The northern part of Great Sitkin Island is dominated by the 1740 m high active stratovolcano Great Sitkin , which last erupted in 1987.
Web links
Commons : Great Sitkin Island - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
- Alaska Volcano Observatory: Information about the Great Sitkin Volcano (English)
- GVP (English)