Marmot Island
| Marmot Island | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Kodiak Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 58 ° 13 ′ N , 151 ° 50 ′ W | |
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| length | 11.5 km | |
| width | 5.5 km | |
| surface | 45.2 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 216 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Marmot Island is the easternmost island of the Kodiak Archipelago in the Gulf of Alaska in Alaska , United States of America . The island is assigned to the Kodiak Island Borough and is right next to Afognak Island . It is 45.20 km² and uninhabited.
The island got the name Marmot Island , which translates as "marmot island", from the numerous ground squirrels that live on it . The misunderstandable island name goes back to a translation error by American cartographers from the Russian name “Yevrashka” for ground squirrel into English.
Individual evidence
- ^ Marmot Island: Block 2047, Census Tract 1, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska United States Census Bureau.