Tanadak Island (Rat Islands)

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Tanadak Island
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Aleutian Islands
Geographical location 51 ° 56 '48 "  N , 177 ° 47' 4"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '48 "  N , 177 ° 47' 4"  E
Tanadak Island (Rat Islands) (Alaska)
Tanadak Island (Rat Islands)
length 480 m
Residents uninhabited

Tanadak Island is an uninhabited island in the Rat Islands , part of the Aleutian Islands .

The island is located about 5 km east of Little Kiska Island and 12 km east of Kiska Island .

In 1852 the island was first recorded on the nautical charts by Michail Tebenkow . The Aleut name Tanadak indicates that the island was used as a burial site.

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