Igitkin Island
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Aleutian Islands | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 59 ′ N , 175 ° 54 ′ W | |
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| length | 10.8 km | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Igitkin Island is an uninhabited island of the Andreanof Islands , which belong to the Aleutian Islands .
The 10.8 km long and just above sea level island is located between Adak Island and Atka Island , 4.8 km southeast of Great Sitkin Island . Igitkin is separated into two equal parts by an isthmus about 1 km wide .
The island was first recorded in nautical charts by Joseph Billings under its Aleut name Egilka in 1790 .
Web links
- Igitkin Iceland on Oceandots.com (Engl.) ( Memento of 23 December 2010 at the Internet Archive )
- Igitkin Island in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System