Shuyak Island

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Shuyak Island
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Kodiak Archipelago
Geographical location 58 ° 32 ′  N , 152 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 58 ° 32 ′  N , 152 ° 30 ′  W
Shuyak Island (Alaska)
Shuyak Island
length 19 km
width 15 km
surface 168.3 km²
Highest elevation 201  m
Residents 4th
<1 inh / km²

Shuyak Island is an island in the northern part of the Kodiak Archipelago in Alaska in the United States . The slightly more southern neighboring island of Afognak Island is separated from Shuyak by the Shuyak Strait . The so-called Stevenson Entrance to Cook Inlet separates Shuyak from the Barren Islands , which are a little further north. The island is 168.3 km². 4 people live on it (as of 2000). Alaska's Shuyak Island State Park covers most of the island. Many tourists come to Shuyak for fishing and hunting .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Islands by land area: United Nations Environmental Program .
  2. ↑ Shuyak Island and neighboring islets: Block 2007, Census Tract 1, Kodiak Island Borough United States Census Bureau.
  3. ↑ Shuyak Island State Park: Alaska Department of Natural Resources .

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