Alaska Gazetteer
Rootok Island is a physical feature (island) in Aleutians East Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Rootok Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Krenitzin Islands., Aleutian Islands. |
| History: | "Aleut name recorded by Father Veniaminov (1846) as Aikhak meaning ""travel"" or ""traveling."" R. H. Geoghegan spells the word ""aixag"" and says it means ""travel."" Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 26) and Captain Lutke (1883 Alaska Coast Pilot, p. 320) published it as Ostrov Aektok. Admiral von Krusenstern spells the name Ouektock, an intermediate form in the name's evolution to its present spelling, used first by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888. The Russians also called the island by a descriptive name: ""Ostrov Goly"" meaning ""bare.""" |
| Borough: | Aleutians East Borough |
| Latitude: | 54.0447235107 |
| Longitude: | -165.531951904 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Rootok Island: Rootok 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 Rootok Island does not include property ownership information.
