Yunaska Island

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Yunaska Island
Yunaska Island as seen from space
Yunaska Island as seen from space
Waters Pacific
Archipelago Aleutian Islands
Geographical location 52 ° 38 ′  N , 170 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 52 ° 38 ′  N , 170 ° 42 ′  W
Yunaska Island (Alaska)
Yunaska Island
length 23 km
width 5.5 km
surface 173 km²
Highest elevation 950  m
Residents uninhabited

Yunaska Island ( Aleutian : Chiĝulax̂ ) belongs to the Aleutian Islands , an island chain between North America and Asia, and is the largest island in the Islands of Four Mountains . On the 173 km² large, 23 km long and approx. 5.5 km wide island there are two volcanoes , which are separated by a valley. From the western, a 950 m high stratovolcano , no eruption is known to this day. The eastern, a 500 m high shield volcano , verifiably erupted for the last time in 1937.

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