Unga Island
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Unga Island (Uĝnaasaqax̂[1] in Aleut) is the largest of the Shumagin Islands off the Alaska Peninsula in southwestern Alaska, USA. The island has a land area of 170.73 sq mi (442.188 km²), making it the 35th largest island in the United States. As of the 2000 census, it had a permanent population of one[2], however the island is now uninhabited.[citation needed]
Unga Island was formerly named Grekodelierovskoe[citation needed] (Greek Delarov) for Evstratii Ivanovich Delarov who explored the area in the late 18th century on behalf of the Russian-American Company.
[edit] References
- ^ Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
- ^ "Unga Island: Block 3020, Census Tract 1, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=false&-transpose=N&-all_geo_types=N&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=100$10000US020130001003020&-search_results=100$10000US020160001001138&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
Coordinates: 55°15′38″N 160°41′42″W / 55.26056°N 160.695°W
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