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Chiachi Islands

Chiachi Islands

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Lake and Peninsula
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 486 ft (148.13 m)
About

22 mi. E of Stepovak Bay, include Chiachi I., Petrel I., Pinusuk I., Shapka I. and one unnamed island, Aleutian Range

History of Chiachi Islands

Named by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24) "O(strova) Chiachi," from the Russian "chaika," "gull". The present name was published in 1888 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).