Kanu Island is a physical feature (island) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Kanu Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | between Great Sitkin and Umak Islands., Andreanof Islands., Aleutian Islands. |
History: | "Name derived from Unak Island and given by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office in 1936 because ""There being so much similarity in the names (of nearby) Ulak I., Umak I., and Unak I., serious delay might result in sending a rescue party to one of these islands, as was brought out in the 1934 report of the expedition, and for this reason Unak I. was spelled backward. . ."" The name ""Unak"" is derived from the Aleut ""unaq"" meaning ""wound,"" published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 28), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as ""O(strov) Yunakh,"" or ""Yunakh Island.""" |
Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 51.9408340454 |
Longitude: | -176.039169312 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kanu Island: Kanu 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 Kanu Island does not include property ownership information.