Atka Island is a physical feature (island) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Atka Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | largest of Andreanof Islands., Aleutian Islands. 55 miles long. |
History: | "Aleut name; reported by early Russian traders; published as ""Atchu Island"" by Reverend Coxe (1780, p. 156); ""Atghka"" by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 503), RN; ""Atkha Ile,"" by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 307), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); ""O(strov) Atka,"" or ""Atka Island,"" on the 1848 Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1400, and by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 27), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 52.138053894 |
Longitude: | -174.445281982 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Atka Island: Atka 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 Atka Island does not include property ownership information.