Hog Island (Alaska)
| Hog Island | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Aleutian Islands | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 54 '22 " N , 166 ° 34' 30" W | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
| width | 600 m | |
| surface | 58 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 94 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Hog Island is a small uninhabited island in the Fox Islands , part of the Aleutian Islands . The island is located in a bay on the north coast of Unalaska . In 1852, Hog was first recorded in the nautical charts as Oknodok Island by Michail Tebenkow . The name Pig Island (Hog = pig) comes from the domestic animals that Russian sailors have set free here.