Ugamak Island
| Ugamak Island | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Aleutian Islands | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 12 '44 " N , 164 ° 49' 15" W | |
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| length | 8 kilometers | |
| Highest elevation | 172 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Ugamak Island is an island of the Krenitzin Islands , a subgroup of the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands , Alaska . The island is over 8 km long and is about 60 km east of Akutan Island . The Ugamak Strait separates Ugamak from Kaligagan Island in the west. In the south of the island is Aiktak Iceland and the small sea lions -Insel Round Iceland .
Ugamak is an Aleutian name, handed down by Innokenti Weniaminow in 1840, which means "ceremony island" according to RH Geoghegan.
Web links
- Map of the island (PDF file; 259 kB)
- Ugamak Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey