Yunaska Island
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Yunaska Island
Yunaska (Aleut: Yunax̂sxa;[1] Russian: Юнаска) is an uninhabited island which is the largest of the Islands of Four Mountains group in the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska, United States. It has a land area of 66.834 square miles (173.099 square kilometres) according to the 2000 census.
The island comprises two volcanic mountains, with a valley between. The western mountain is composed of four overlapping and eroded stratovolcanoes, with a cinder cone field at the western end. It has not been historically active. The eastern mountain is a large shield volcano with two overlapping summit calderas, which last erupted in 1937.
References[]
- ^ Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
- Yunaska Island: Block 1081, Census Tract 1, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau
- Yunaska description and statistics, Alaskan Volcano Observatory.
External links[]
- "Yunaska". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
Coordinates: 52°37′53″N 170°41′49″W / 52.63139°N 170.69694°W
Categories:
- Islands of Four Mountains
- Calderas of Alaska
- Islands of Alaska
- Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
- Volcanoes of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
- Landforms of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska
- Uninhabited islands of Alaska
- Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska geography stubs