Nunivak
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| Waters | Bering Sea | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 5 ′ N , 166 ° 23 ′ W | |
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| length | 110 km | |
| width | 76 km | |
| surface | 4th 226.8 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Robert's Mountain 511 m |
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| Residents | 191 (2010) <1 inh / km² |
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| main place | Mikuryamiut (Mekoryuk) | |
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Nunivak is an island in the Bering Sea between Alaska and Russia . With 4227 km² it is the eighth largest island in the United States and the second largest in the Bering Sea after St. Lawrence Island . The Etolin Strait , 28 kilometers wide at its narrowest point, separates it from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on mainland Alaska. The island is part of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge .
The island has been inhabited by Eskimos for 2000 years . In 2004 179 people lived on Nunivak. At the United States Census 2010 there were 191 people in the village of Mikuryamiut (English: Mekoryuk ) in the north of the island, mainly Eskimos, whose language is the Cup'ik . Since 1957 the island has had an airport with Mekoryuk Airport .
In 1920 reindeer were introduced. From Nunivak in 1934 musk oxen from Greenland were reintroduced to Alaska after they had been exterminated in this region around 1900.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 2010 Demographic Profile of Mekoryuk city , United States Census Bureau, accessed July 10, 2016.
- ↑ Lower Kuskokwim Profile (PDF; 3.97 MB) with information on Mekoryuk, accessed on July 10, 2016.