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Amaknak Island in Aleutians West (CA) Borough AK

Amaknak Island, Aleutians West (CA) Borough, Alaska

Amaknak Island is a physical feature (island) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Amaknak Island places it within the 99692 ZIP Code delivery area.

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Feature Name:	Amaknak Island
Category:	Alaska physical, cultural and historic features
Feature Type:	Physical
Class:	Island
Description:	in Fox Is., in Unalaska Bay, on NE coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Is.; 4.3 miles long.
History:	"Aleut name; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, maps 14-15), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as ""Ostr(ov) Amaknakh"", meaning ""Amaknak Island."" Spelled ""amakhnak"" by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 281), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); ""Amaknak"" by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888. According to R. H. Geoghegan, the name means ""burial place,"" from ""amaiknag"" meaning ""place of impurity""."
Borough:	Aleutians West (CA) Borough
Latitude:	53.9102783203
Longitude:	-166.53666687

Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Amaknak Island: Amaknak Island.

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