Information About

Shumagin Islands

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Shumagin Islands on The Map

Location

55 ° 4' 0.001" N,
160 ° 3' 0" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Chignik

Elevation

1102 ft (335.89 m)

Tributaries

Simeonof Island, Andronica Island, Atkins Island, Bendel Island, Big Koniuji Island, The Haystacks, Henderson Island, Karpa Island, Kauatka, Korovin Island, Little Egg Island, Little Koniuji Island, Macks Head Island, Murie Islets, Peninsula Island, Range Islet, Spectacle Island, Turner Island, Twins, Unga Island,

Shumagin Islands in Detail.

About

S of Alaska Peninsula, including Unga, Popof, Korovin, Nagai, Simeonof, and Big and Little Koniuji Is., plus other smaller islands.

History

Named by Captain Commander Vitus Bering, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), for one of his sailors, who died of scurvy and was buried here August 30, 1741. Father Veniaminov (1840, v.1, p. 255) reported the Aleut name as "Kagigun" and Golovin said the Aleuts called the islands "Unga," from the name of the largest of the group (1862, voyage 1, p. 174). The name was published in French as "I(les) Choumagin" or "Shumagin Islands" by Admiral Krusenstern (1827, map 20), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).

Topo Maps

Port Moller (1953), Port Moller (1953), Port Moller A-1 (1963), Port Moller A-1 (1963), Port Moller (1988),
Related Places
Andronica Island, Atkins Island, Bendel Island, Big Koniuji Island, The Haystacks, Henderson Island, Karpa Island, Kauatka, Korovin Island, Little Egg Island, Little Koniuji Island, Macks Head Island, Murie Islets, Peninsula Island, Range Islet, Spectacle Island, Turner Island, Twins, Unga Island,
Places Near Shumagin Islands
Archipelagos:

Shumagin Islands,

Bays:

Caton Cove, Eagle Harbor, East Bight, Falmouth Harbor, The Kitchen, Larsen Bay, Mist Harbor, Northeast Bight, Porpoise Harbor, Sanborn Harbor,

Capes:

Cape Horn, Granite Point, Mountain Point,

Channels:

West Nagai Strait,

Cliffs:

East Head, Macks Head, Wooly Head,

Islands:

Atniliak Island, The Haystacks, John Island, Kagai Island, Kaiasik, Kaniliak, Kauatka, Kulyugayak, Macks Head Island, Nagai Island, Near Island, Porpoise Rocks, Sauluktouchikh, Schumachinskaia, Shag Rock, Sitymkan, Tungulik, Turner Island, Twins, The Whaleback,

Mountains:

Mount Davidson, Eagle Mountain,

Ridges:

Saddlers Mistake,