Information About

Chernabura Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Chernabura Island on The Map

Location

54 ° 47' 15" N,
159 ° 33' 37.001" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Chignik

Elevation

1316 ft (401.12 m)

Chernabura Island in Detail.

About

southernmost of Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range. 5 miles long.

History

Chernoburie is the Russian word for "black-brown" and sometimes refers to a priest clad in this color. The island was shown as "Chernobour Island" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on an 1891 coast chart and was listed by Baker (1906, p. 173), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as "Chernabura Island." The Aleut name is "Nunik," meaning "porcupine." which was published as "Nunak" by Lieutenant Sarichev (1806, v. 2, p. 15), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Captain Lutke (1836, p. 267), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), showed the island as "Nuniak" and "Tounak," the latter name probably a typographical error, where as Father Veniaminov (180, v. 1, p. 65) spelled the name "Nyunyak" and "Nunik."