Alaska Gazetteer
Adak Island is a physical feature (island) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Adak Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | Mountainous island lying near the center of the Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands. 28 miles long. 711 square kilometers in area. |
| History: | "Aleut name reported as ""Ayasgh"" or ""Kayaku"" by Maxim Lazerov in 1761 (Coxe, 1787, p. 81). Adakh"" by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 3), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 28), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). adaq"" which R. H. Geoghegan translates as ""father.""" |
| Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 51.7844429016 |
| Longitude: | -176.640274048 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Adak Island: Adak Island.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Adak Island does not include property ownership information.
| Hospital Valley, AK (4.3 miles N) |
