Alaska Gazetteer
Asuksak Island is a physical feature (island) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Asuksak Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | In Andreanof Islands., small island N of the W end of Umak Island and S of Grat Sitkin Isalnd; Aleutian Islands. 1 mile long. |
| History: | "Aleut name published as ""O(strov) Asukhsakh,"" or ""Asukhsakh Island,"" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 28), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). possibly come from the Aleut word ""asux"" which according to R. H. Geoghegan, means ""clay pot"" or ""boiler.""" |
| Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 51.9297218323 |
| Longitude: | -176.098327637 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Asuksak Island: Asuksak Island.
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